Recommendations for action (2024)
for a competence network on dance, memory, and digitality
A study has resulted in nine recommendations for action in 2024 for a long-term strategy for the preservation and accessibility of dance archives.
Documentation Symposium (2016)
In October 2016, representatives from German, Austrian, and Swiss dance archives met to discuss the challenges of the digital world for archives.
Cologne Declaration (2016/2020)
The Cologne Declaration of the VDT was drafted in 2016 during a symposium. It calls for archives to be equipped with the necessary professional equipment and for support with conservation measures and the digitization of collections in order to secure the long-term existence of archives and provide modern access to the cultural heritage of dance. It was revised in 2020.
Survey (2016/2017)
Results, conclusions, and suggestions from a survey conducted by the Dance Education Conference (AK|T) and the Association of German Dance Archives (VDT) on the situation of archives, libraries, and collections at dance training institutions in Germany
Recommendations for emergency management in archives and libraries
Comprehensive guide on emergency management in archives and libraries, reflecting the current state of knowledge regarding emergency preparedness.
Jointly developed by the Subcommittee on Preservation, the Federal Conference of Municipal Archives at the German Association of Cities (BKK), the Preservation Commission of the German Library Association (dbv), the Preservation Committee of the Conference of Heads of Federal and State Archives (KLA), and the Coordination Office for the Preservation of Written Cultural Heritage (KEK
Long-term archivin
Basic knowledge:
My Digital Archive – Information on personal digital archiving
General tips on data management – Berlin Research and Competence Center for Digitization (digiS)
Interesting facts and manuals – Research and Competence Center for Digitization Berlin (digiS)
Publications on format evaluation and AV media – Digital Archive North Rhine-Westphalia (DA NRW)
Tools for initial file format identification:
DROID – software tool developed by The National Archives
Siegfried – a signature-based file format identification tool
Crash course in long-term archiving (TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and University Library):
Lindlar, M., & Rudnik, P. (2021, February 26). Video: Crash course in digital long-term archiving – introduction to PREMIS. Zenodo.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4761823
Rudnik, P. (2020, August 14). Video: Crash Course in Digital Long-Term Archiving – File Formats (Version 1). Zenodo.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3985075
Rudnik, P. (August 14, 2020). Video: Crash Course in Digital Long-Term Archiving – The Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model (Version 1). Zenodo.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3984982
Zenodo community on the topic of long-term archiving