This section provides resources related to digital preservation.

Handbooks

• Digital Preservation Coalition's Digital Preservation Handbook: https://www.dpconline.org/handbook 

Planning and Assessment

• Northeast Document Conservation Centre (NEDCC) Digital Preservation Assessment Handbook: https://www.nedcc.org/assets/media/documents/DPA/nedcc-DPA-hndbk-6.24-web.pdf 
• NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation: https://ndsa.org/publications/levels-of-digital-preservation/ 
• Digital Preservation Coalition Rapid Assessment Model (DPC RAM): https://www.dpconline.org/digipres/implement-digipres/dpc-ram/download-dpc-ram 
• Three-Legged Stool Model of Digital Preservation: https://ufs.libguides.com/c.php?g=1113411&p=8118664 

Policies

• UK National Archives Digital Preservation Policies: Guidance for Archives: https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/digital-preservation-policies-guidance-draft-v4.2.pdf 

Preservation Metadata

• ISO 15836-1:2017, Information and documentation—The Dublin Core metadata element set, Part 1: Core Elements: https://www.iso.org/standard/71339.html
• Dublin Core Metadata Terms: https://www.dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/
  
• Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS): https://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/ 
• Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS): https://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/
• PREMIS (Preservation Metadata) Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata: https://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/ 

Standards

OAIS

• ISO 14721:2025, Space data and information transfer systems—open archival information system (OAIS) reference model: https://www.iso.org/standard/87471.html (open version here: https://ccsds.org/Pubs/650x0m3.pdf)
• "What OAIS Actually Looks Like in Small and Mid-Sized Organizations" by Emma Prince in Backlog, March 25, 2026: https://www.backlog-archivists.com/blog/what-oais-actually-looks-like

Other ISO Standards

• ISO 16363:2025, Space data and information transfer systems—Audit and certification of trustworthy digital repositories (TDRs), Edition 2, 2025: https://www.iso.org/standard/87472.html
• ISO 19005-2, Document management—Electronic document file format for long-term preservation (PDF/A), 2010: https://www.iso.org/standard/50655.html 
• ISO 12234-2:2001, TIFF/EP Tag Image File Format/Electronic Photography: https://www.iso.org/standard/29377.html 

Training

• ACA Archival Training Programs (Master’s and Certificate Programs): https://archivists.ca/Archival-Training-Programs 
  Society of American Archivists (SAA), Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) Curriculum and Certificate Program: https://www2.archivists.org/prof-education/das 
  Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and UK National Archives “Novice to Know-How” training programs: https://dpc.getlearnworlds.com