Resources for Digital Projects

Digital Collections and Research (DCR)

• Best Practice Guidelines for Digital Collections at the UM Libraries: Images and Text [First Edition]: Download a PDF version of the first edition of Best Practice guidelines for images and text. Send comments and questions to LIBRARY-IMAGES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
• UMDM/UMAM Tag Library [First Draft]: View the tag library online. For a password to access the tag library, contact Digital Collections and Research. For questions about the tag library contact Jennifer Roper.

Special Collections Digital Initiatives Team

• Scanning Database: Download an Access database "shell" that adheres to minimum UMDM/UMAM metadata guidelines. Note that the Scanning Database shell linked to here was updated on September 19, 2006 to accommodate new required fields. Contact the Digital Initiatives Team for more information and help setting up the Scanning Database.
• Scanning Database Documentation: Download a Word version of the Scanning Database guidelines for data entry. Contact the Digital Initiatives Team for more information.