Library Guides: Conservation & Preservation Resources: Media Preservation

Media Guide - Harvard Preservation Services

A/V Artifact Atlas
Digital Preservation/Reformatting, NEDCC
Essential Resources for Audio Preservation
Document form ARSC listing important projects and documentation related to audio preservation.
Personal Digital Archiving, Library of Congress
Gone in a flash? Personal Digital Archiving Workshop
Home Film Preservation Guide
The Home Film Preservation guide focuses on preserving your personal film collections. It includes a useful glossary.
IPI Media Storage Quick Reference
UIUC AvSAP Wiki
Documentation from the process of creating the Audiovisual Self Assessment Program (AvSAP) at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. Includes useful images, information about many AV formats, and a good bibliography.
Video Identification and Assessment Guide
Texas Commission on the Arts guide to video identification and assessment.
Video Preservation Fact Sheets
The Association of Moving Image Archivists' fact sheets offer basic to advanced information about preserving video.
Video Preservation Website
Created by the American Institute for Conservation.
Personal Digital Archiving Webinar, ALA
Sustainability of Digital Formats: Planning for Library of Congress Collections
CLIR Reports

ARSC List
The listserv of the Association of Recorded Sound Collections includes many queries about audio digitization and legacy audio formats.
AMIA-L
DigiPress (ALA)