Rare Books and Manuscripts Library Resources

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Contents 1 Archival Tools 1.1 CDs and DVDs 1.2 Digital Collections 1.3 Film 1.4 Paintings 1.5 Still Images (Photographs, slides, digital images) 1.6 Recordings 2 Cataloging and Metadata 3 Copyright 4 General Guidelines for Special Collections 5 Supplies 6 Vendors / Booksellers 7 Wiki Tools

Archival Tools

CDs and DVDs

• Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs — A Guide for Librarians and Archivists (NIST Special Publication)

Digital Collections

• A framework of guidance for building good digital collections
• 'Can You Hear Me Now? Digitizing the Voices of the Past' Conference presentations

Film

• Association of Moving Image Archivists
• Hollywood Vaults (See their Resources link)
• Image Permanence Institute
• International Federation of Film Archives
• Visual Materials Section, Society of American Archivists

Paintings

• Caring for Your Paintings (Smithsonian)

Still Images (Photographs, slides, digital images)

• American Society of Picture Professionals
• Digital Sample Book
• Visual Resources Association

Recordings

Cataloging and Metadata

• Cataloger's Desktop (login and password required)
• Classification Web (OSUL auto log-in)
• EAD: Encoded Archival Description Version 2002 Official Site (Library of Congress)
• OhioLINK EAD Guidelines
• RBMS Controlled Vocabularies for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloging
• RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee Resources for the Rare Materials Cataloger

Copyright

• Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Fair Use (VRA Resources)
• Digital Image Rights Computator (Visual Resources Association)
• The WATCH File: Writers, Artists and Their Copyright Holders

General Guidelines for Special Collections

• ACRL Guidelines for the Security of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Other Special Collections
• Core Competencies for Visual Resources Management (IMLS)

Supplies

• Gaylord Archival Supplies
• Genealogical Storage Products (source for Hollinger boxes)
• Light Impressions
• Metal Edge, Inc., Archival Storage Materials
• Talas
• University Products, The Archival Company

Vendors / Booksellers

Wiki Tools

RBMS practice

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