This is the portal of Europeana. Europeana enables people to explore the digital resources of Europe’s museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. It promotes discovery and networking opportunities in a multilingual space where users can engage, share in and be inspired by the rich diversity of Europe’s cultural and scientific heritage. Ideas and inspiration can be found within the more …
Image Permanence Institute
The Image Permanence Institute (IPI) is a recognized world leader in the development and deployment of sustainable practices for the preservation of images and cultural property. IPI accomplishes this through a balanced program of research, education, products and services that meet the needs of individuals, companies, and institutions. IPI is a nonprofit, university-based laboratory devoted to preservation research. It is …
MPEG.org- The Reference Website for MPEG
MPEG.ORG is a roadmap to the best MPEG resources on the Internet. This website contains pages with Video, Audio and Systems technical resources, source code, test bitstreams etc. There’s also have a page dedicated to MPEG Audio Layer 3 aka MP3. The MPEG Software Simulation Group (MSSG) page gives access to the source code of several public-domain MPEG encoders, decoders …
Digital Preservation – The National Archives
The National Archives is tackling the challenges of digital preservation, ensuring continued access to digital information in the future, created by UK government. This is its website on digital preservation. The NA play an active role in storing and preserving digital material created by UK government. The preservation of digital records presents a number of challenges because the equipment and …
Nestor
Nestor is the German Network of expertise in long-term storage of digital resources. On its website, and especially in its information database, publications, reports and other reports from Nestor itself as well as other organisations concerning these topics, can be found. Nestor was set up as a BMBF (German Federal Ministry for Education and Research) sponsored project (2003-2009) and has …
Digital Curation Centre
The Digital Curation Centre is the UK’s leading hub of expertise in curating digital research data. Anyone who can benefit from storing, managing and protecting digital data can turn to the DCC for expert advice and practical help. Effective data management throughout the research lifecycle will ensure that data will continue to work for you as productively as the research …