Please browse the following linked pages for reference in getting started with your project. You may find it beneficial to familiarize yourself with some of these metadata schema, copyright guidelines, and digitization practices. If you have a guideline or resource to suggest, feel free to send it to forumsupport@jstor.org.
Cataloging Guidelines
- Cataloging Cultural Objects https://cco.vrafoundation.org/
- Darwin Core for Biodiversity Information Standards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Core
- Dublin Core Metadata Initiative https://dublincore.org/
- Dublin Core to VRA Core Conversion Mapping https://core.vraweb.org/vracore_conversions.html
- Metadata Encoding & Transmission Standard https://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/
- Metadata Object Description Schema https://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/
- Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary Project https://pbcore.org/
- Visual Resources Association Core https://vraweb.org/author/vra-core/
- VRA Core cataloging examples https://core.vraweb.org/vracore_examples.html
Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines
- College Art Association: Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts (2014) https://www.collegeart.org/fair-use/
- Visual Resources Association: Statement on the Fair Use of Images for Teaching, Research and Study (2011) https://vraweb.org/vra-fair-use-statement/
- Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States https://copyright.cornell.edu/
resources/publicdomain.cfm - Digital Image Rights Computator (DIRC) https://dirc.vraweb.org/
- Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/
Digitization Guidelines
- American Library Association https://www.ala.org/alcts/resources/preserv/minimum-digitization-capture-recommendations
- Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines https://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/
- JISC https://www.jisc.ac.uk/
- National Archives and Records Administration https://www.archives.gov/digitization/
- University of Illinois: Best Practices for Digitization https://www.library.illinois.edu/dcc/bestpractices/chapter_03_creatingdigitalimages.html
- Sustainability Health Check Tool for Digital Content Projects https://sca.jiscinvolve.org/wp/ files/2013/01/sustainability_ healthcheck_tool.pdf