Standards and Best Practices

The Utah State Archives believes in using nationally recognized standards and best practices for optimum quality, usability, and interoperability with other organizations and applications.

General

• NISO Framework for Building Good Digital Collections, 3^rd edition, http://www.niso.org/publications/rp/framework3.pdf
• Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access, http://www.nedcc.org/digital/dman.pdf

Metadata

• Mountain West Digital Library Dublin Core Application Profile, Version 1.1 (7 June 2010), http://mwdl.org/public/mwdl/MWDL_DC_Profile_Version_1.1.pdf
• Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Terms, http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/
• Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Imaging

• BCR Digital Imaging Best Practices 2.0, http://mwdl.org/public/mwdl/digital-imaging-bp_2.0.pdf
• BCR Digital Audio Best Practices
• National Archives and Records Administration Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Archival Materials for Electronic Access: Creation of Production Master Files - Raster Images, http://archives.gov/preservation/technical/guidelines.html