Best Practices

Researchers are required to manage their data – using methods appropriate to the discipline and to the nature of the data – to the highest standards. These standards include legislation, policies, funding agency requirements, technical protocols, audit and accreditation processes, discipline norms and the expectations of the broader community.
The University is required to provide infrastructure (institutional, regional, national and international), opportunities to develop professional skills, and access to advice and expertise that enable researchers to meet these standards.

1 Digital newspapers and preservation. Mention this topic to a roomful of curators, and in our experience, the conversation will move in a few predictable directions.
2 Leave a comment on paragraph 20 Most of the curators will share that they (or their institution) manage some number of digital newspaper collections—mostly digitized, either in-house or by vendors. A few will share that they also manage born-digital content, either acquired from publishers directly or harvested via the Web.

Digitization does not equal access. The mere act of creating digital copies of collection materials does not make those materials findable, understandable, or utilizable to our ever-expanding audience of online users. But digitization combined with the creation of carefully crafted metadata can significantly enhance end-user access; and our users are the primary reason that we create digital resources (Baca, 2008, p. vi)

10 Recommendations for Codec Selection and Management The increasing number of digital objects under our guardianship as archivists will require a greater convergence between IT and archival knowledge sets in order to develop effective preservation strategies. One area of great concern for the integrity and persistence of digital audio and video files is the selection of file formats and codecs…Though this is also an area where there is a great lack of certainty and clarity on the issue.

An open source tool helping researchers document, manage, and archive their tabular data, DataUp operates within the scientist's workflow and integrates with Microsoft® Excel.
http://dataup.cdlib.org/

This document is a glossary of terms defined and used to describe Linked Data, and its associated vocabularies and Best Practices. This document published by the W3C Government Linked Data Working Group as a Working Group Note, is intended to help information management professionals, Web developers, scientists and the general public better understand publishing structured data using Linked Data Principles.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/NOTE-ld-glossary-20130627/

In today’s technologically advanced world, the data generated by researchers is increasingly born digital and subject to intensive transformation and analyses before publication. The various file formats, software, and hardware required to succeed in the modern research landscape can become daunting, especially since education about digital data management has not kept pace with these technological advancements.

The British Library, Koninklijke Bibliotheek – National library of the Netherlands, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek – German National Library Nasjonalbiblioteket and the National Library of Norway created a joint report on their perceived common needs and vocabulary for Long-Term Preservation Services: A description of LTP services in a Digital Library environment.
http://www.kb.nl/sites/default/files/docs/KB_Long_Term_Preservation_Serv...

A new book by Adrian Brown, ISBN: 978-1-85604-755-5
A practical guide to the development and operation of digital preservations services for organizations of any size.
http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=7555

Guidelines for digitising images in NSW libraries - 2005
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/public_libraries/docs/digital.pdf