Belangrijke buitenlandse websites die informatie verspreiden over digitaliseren of digitale toegankelijkheid van cultureel erfgoed.
AHDS - Arts and Humanities Data Service is a UK national service aiding the discovery, creation and preservation of digital resources in and for research, teaching and learning in the arts and humanities. AHDS covers five subject areas: Archeology; History; Literature, Languages & Linguistics; Performing arts; Visual arts.
www.ahds.ac.uk
AAM Media and Technology Committee - The Media and Technology Standing Professional Committee of the American Association of Museums supports a variety of programs designed to promote and develop the field of museum media and technology. This includes encouraging development of related session proposals for presentations and panels at the annual meeting, sponsoring media and technology related sessions and workshops, coordinating the annual Marketplace of Ideas, and Annual MUSE Awards and champagne reception.
www.mediaandtechnology.org
CALIMERA - CALIMERA stands for Cultural Applications: Local Institutions Mediating Electronic Resource Access. 23 individual Best Practice Guidelines on aspects of digital service provision, for policy makers and practitioners, covering Social, Management and Technical issues, have been compiled and translated into over 30 languages.
www.calimera.org/Lists/Guidelines/Forms/default.aspx
CDL - The California Digital Library provides tools that support the construction of online information services for research, teaching, and learning, including services that enable the University of California libraries to effectively share their materials and provide greater access in digital content.
www.cdlib.org/inside/diglib
CHIN - The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) is a national centre of excellence that provides a visible face to Canada's heritage through the world of networked information. CHIN's vision is to connect Canadians and worldwide audiences to Canada's heritage. Their mission is to promote the development, the presentation and preservation of Canada's digital heritage content for current and future generations of Canadians.
www.chin.gc.ca
DAVID - Het expertisecentrum van 'Digitale archivering in/voor Vlaamse instellingen en diensten' (DAVID) is een onderzoeks- en kenniscentrum inzake digitaal archiveren en biedt nuttige documentatie op het gebied van digitaal archiveren.
www.expertisecentrumdavid.be
DCC - The
Digital Curation Centre will support UK institutions who store, manage and preserve digital data, generated by scientists, researchers and scholars across the UK, to help ensure their enhancement and their continuing long-term use.
www.dcc.ac.uk
DLF - The Digital Library Federation is a consortium of libraries and related agencies that are pioneering the use of electronic information technologies to extend collections and services.
www.diglib.org
Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative - The website is a collaborative effort by federal agencies formed as a group in 2007 to define common guidelines, methods, and practices to digitize historical content in a sustainable manner.
www.digitizationguidelines.gov
A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections - This Framework provides an overview of some of the major components and activities involved in the creation of good digital collections and provides a framework for identifying, organizing, and applying existing knowledge and resources to support the development of sound local practices for creating and managing good digital collections. It is intended for two audiences: cultural heritage organizations planning projects to create digital collections, and funding organizations that want to encourage the development of good digital collections.
http://framework.niso.org/
JISC Digital Media - Still images, moving images and sound advice. JISC Digital Media, formerly TASI, exists to help the UK’s FE and HE communities embrace and maximise the use of digital media - and to achieve solutions that are innovative, practical and cost effective.
www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk
GETTY - The Getty Standards and Digital Resource Management Program works to enhance access to information on the visual arts and related disciplines by promoting standards and practices and developing tools and guidelines for developing, managing, preserving, and delivering information in electronic form.
www.getty.edu
Kultur-erbe Digital - kulturerbe-digital.de sammelt Informationen zur Digitalisierung von Kulturgut in Deutschland: Nachweise über laufende und abgeschlossene Digitalisierungsprojekte, Handreichungen, Arbeitsmaterialien und Richtlinien zur Digitalisierung von Kulturgut. Informationen zur Förderung und zu Förderern der Digitalisierung.
www.kulturerbe-digital.de
MCA - The Museum Computer Group is the UK national forum for Museum, Gallery, Archive and related professionals working with new technologies and new media.
www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk
MDA - MDA is the UK's lead organisation on documentation and information management for museums, a sector in which collections are managed effectively, efficiently, and in accordance with national standards to create, inspiring, engaging and sustainable services. MDA will be recognised throughout the UK as the focus for expertise in the management of collections.
www.mda.org.uk
MLA - The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council: Museums, libraries and archives connect people to knowledge and information, creativity and inspiration. MLA is leading the drive to unlock this wealth, for everyone.
www.mla.gov.uk
NINCH - The National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH) is a diverse coalition of organizations created to assure leadership from the cultural community in the evolution of the digital environment.
www.ninch.org/
UKOLN - A centre of expertise in digital information management, providing advice and services to the library, information, education and cultural heritage communities.
www.ukoln.ac.uk/