PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WEBSITE IS FOR A COMPLETED PROJECT THAT IS NO LONGER BEING UPDATED. With the support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) and in collaboration with select Minnesota government agency partners, the Minnesota State Archives developed and...
The Minnesota Recordkeeping Metadata Standard was developed to facilitate records management by government entities at any level of government. It shares many of its elements with other metadata standards, such as the Dublin Core and the Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines set, but goes...
NARA File Analyzer can be used to analyze the contents of a folder or drive and export reports documenting findings. Among other things the program can be used to count the number of files by file type, create a directory listing, and generate checksums. (Windows and Mac* with Java installed) ...
The File Information Tool Set (FITS) identifies, validates and extracts technical metadata for a wide range of file formats. It acts as a wrapper, invoking and managing the output from several other open source tools. Output from these tools are converted into a common format, compared to one...
The Data Accessioner is a tool that provides archives with a method for copying and moving files as part of an ingest process and capturing metadata. MD5 checksums are created before and after files are copied and moved for comparison. Adaptors allow for use of tools such as DROID and JHove....
Archive-It's model and best practices framework for those looking to create or improve their web archiving program. Provides information on policy level requirements as well as the day to day activities that are necessary for web archiving. Examples are provided throughout. URL for Resource :...
A step by step procedural document that describes the workflows that Colorado State Archives used to embed metadata in in WAV audio files. URL for Resource : https://drive.google.com Document Creating / Publishing Body : Colorado State Archives Date of Creation : 5/1/2017 Date of...
pertts_bwf metaedit guide-1540849257.pdf
This group of materials is provided by the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and provides information on how archival electronic records are managed. Guides are provided on how records may be received and how to acknowledge that receipt, how to rename folders/files, and information...
The SGER Grant to Convert Freedom System (GCFS) project plan will provide a definition of the project, including the project’s goals, objectives, terms of reference, and migration guidelines. In addition, the plan will supplement the GCFS User Guide as reference documentation throughout the...
pertts_grant to convert freedom system project plan-1540848521.pdf
Section of the Digital Preservation Management Tutorial that discusses preservation metadata. URL for Resource : http://www.dpworkshop.org/dpm-eng/foundation/metadata/index.html Document Creating / Publishing Body : Cornell University Library Date of Creation : pre 2004 Other Notes...