Additional Digitization Resources

On the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA's) web site, there are additional resources related to digitization, including: technical guidelines; presentations on archival digitization practices and theory; and the NARA Strategic Plan. NARA's National Archives Catalog contains approximately 126,500 digitized copies of historical documents and photographs.

• The National Archives Catalog
• Digitization at the National Archives (NARA): Relevant NARA Guidance
• Digitization Services Products and Services
   
• NARA Preservation Conferences Related to Digitization:
   
  • Managing the Intangible: Creating, Storing and Retrieving Digital Surrogates of Historical Materials (21st Annual Preservation Conference, April/May 2007)
     
  • Preservation Reformatting: Digital Technology vs. Analog Technology (18th Annual Preservation Conference, March 2003)
     
• NARA Preservation Staff Guidance:
   
  • Family Archives: Digitizing Photo Collections
     
  • Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Archival Materials for Electronic Access: Creation of Production Master Files – Raster Images, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (June 2004) PDF Version
     
• NARA Strategic Plan (2006-2016) PDF Version
   
• National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) promotes the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture. NHPRC also issues grants in support of the nation's archives and for project to edit and publish historical records of national importance.
   
• Virtual Library About Digitization (Maintained by NARA Archives Library Information Center)