Digital Preservation Coalition

Introduction - Acronyms and Initials

ADS Archaeology Data Service

http://ads.ahds.ac.uk

AHDS Arts and Humanities Data Service

http://ahds.ac.uk

CAMiLEON Creative Archiving at Michigan & Leeds: Emulating the Old on the New

http://www2.si.umich.edu//CAMILEON/

Cedars CURL Exemplars in Digital Archiving

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/cedars

CLIR Council on Library and Information Resources

http://www.clir.org

CNI Coalition for Networked Information

http://www.cni.org

CURL Consortium of Research Libraries

http://www.curl.ac.uk

DDI Data Documentation Initiative

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DDI/users/dtd/index.html

Update 27 Jan 2006
New link http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DDI/

DLF Digital Library Federation

http://www.diglib.org

Update 07 Mar 2007
ECUP European Copyright User Platform removed

EPIC European Preservation Information Centre

http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa

EROS Electronic Records in Office Systems

http://www.pro.gov.uk/recordsmanagement/eros/default.htm

Update 10 Aug 2006
Project completed - the EROS project has now ended. This redirected page contains links to relevant guidance: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/recordsmanagement/

HDS History Data Service

http://hds.essex.ac.uk

HEDS Higher Education Digitisation Service

http://www.heds-digital.com

InterPARES project International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems

http://www.interpares.org

JISC Joint Information Systems Committee of the Higher and Further Education Councils

http://www.jisc.ac.uk

NDAD UK National Digital Archive of Datasets

http://www.pro.gov.uk/recordsmanagement/uknda

Update 10 Aug 2006
http://www.ndad.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

NEDLIB Networked European Deposit Library

http://www.kb.nl/nedlib

NESLI National Electronic Site Licensing Initiative

http://www.nesli2.ac.uk

NGfL National Grid for Learning

http://www.ngfl.gov.uk
Update 16 December 2008
No longer available

NML National Media Laboratory (United States)

http://www.imation.com/en-us/Imation-Products/Imation-Services/Government-Services/

NOF New Opportunities Fund

http://www.nof.org.uk and

http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk

NPO National Preservation Office

http://www.bl.uk/npo/

OAIS Open Archival Information System

http://ssdoo.gsfc.nasa.gov/nost/isoas/overview.html

OCLC Online Computer Library Center

http://www.oclc.org/home

PADI Preserving Access to Digital Information

http://www.nla.gov.au/padi

PADS Performing Arts Data Service

http://www.pads.ahds.ac.uk
Update 12 Feb 2007
New location http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/

PANDORA Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia

http://pandora.nla.gov.au

PRISM Project Preservation, Reliability, Interoperability, Security, Metadata

http://prism.cornell.edu/main.htm

PRO Public Record Office

http://www.pro.gov.uk

Update 10 Aug 2006
Now TNA - The National Archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

PURL Persistent Uniform Resource Locator

http://purl.nla.gov.au

RLG Research Libraries Group

http://www.rlg.ac.uk

Update 04 Aug 2006
New link http://www.rlg.org

TASI Technical Advisory Service for Images

http://www.tasi.ac.uk

TNA The National Archives

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

UKOLN UK Office for Library and Information Networking

http://www.ukoln.ac.uk

ULCC University of London Computer Centre

http://www.ulcc.ac.uk

VADS Visual Arts Data Service

http://vads.ahds.ac.uk