Tools & Resources
This library highlights tools and resources to support digital archiving and digital humanities initiatives. Whether you’re involved with a project or just getting started, you’ll find resources here for metadata, preservation, security, and more.
Data & Research Protection
An article by The British Academy exploring current and future landscapes for long-term, digital sustainability in the humanities.
A digital preservation program primarily serving digital library and archive projects.
A digital safety guide for LGBTQ individuals and communities.
A tracker created by the Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) detailing the impact of NEH grant cancellations.
Frequently asked questions about the March 2025 executive order targeting IMLS in the United States.
A presentation by Brigham Young University about navigating risks in post-custodial digitization.
A guide by the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) on researcher protection and digital safety.
A policy briefing on protecting public researchers and research institutions from external risks.
A report by the British Library on lessons learned from the widescale cyber-attack in 2023.
An open-access book on multi-disciplinary approaches to privacy in physical and virtual spaces.
An article on protecting privacy and handling personally identifiable information (PII) in physical archival materials.
A toolkit by the Research Support Consortium with resources and templates for academic institutions affected by external intimidation and harassment.
A section of the Digital Preservation Handbook on information security for digital preservation.
A teaching and workshop-planning resource for digital security educators.
Community Engaged Archiving
A memorandum of Understanding/Agreement (MOU/MOA) template by the Sustainable Heritage Network.
A toolkit by the Reckonings Project on how to create community agreements for collaborative initiatives and projects.
An introduction to planning and conducting oral history interviews by the Sustainable Heritage Network.
A guide by the Digital Transgender Archive on conducting race and ethnicity research.
A panel discussion on using the Homosaurus as a tool for community building and reparative descriptions.
A toolkit on the planning and interview process for oral history projects developed using Black Artists of Boston’s best practices.
An article by the Trans Metadata Collective on metadata best practices for trans and gender diverse resources.
Preservation & Sustainability
An introduction to digital preservation planning by the Sustainable Heritage Network.
The second edition of the Digital Preservation Handbook by the Digital Preservation Coalition.
A guide by the Reckonings Project on building digital archives with Omeka S.
A guide by the Digital Preservation Coalition on project documentation and why it matters
A guide by the National Archives on digital preservation workflows.
The Getty Research Initiative’s third edition of Introduction to Metadata, a publication detailing the basics of metadata creation and entry.
A metadata guide by Carnegie Mellon University detailing topics such as controlled vocabularies and metadata standards.
Project Planning & Documentation
Visualizing Objects, Places, and Spaces: A Digital Project Handbook, a guide to planning and executing digital projects.
A GitHub guide on documenting digital projects with wikis.
A GitHub manual on digital archives processing and documenting workflows.
A toolkit on born-digital archive workflows by the University of South Florida Libraries.