Welcome!
This LibGuide is meant to support and expand on the resources discussed in the "Managing Digital Resources in Global and Area Studies" webinar. Here you will find resources that anyone can use for scholarly or personal work to organize digital resources. There are many tools available to store, organize, edit, translate, transcribe, and take notes for all formats and mediums of material.
UIUC LibGuides
- Using Digital Tools for Archival ResearchDigital Historian Series.
General Resources
Not sure where to start? Check out these first-step resources to get an idea of the basics of personal archival management and the principles of keeping your digital resources accessible and secure.
- The complete guide to personal digital archivingUIUC library item.
- Data Notes: Quick Tips for Better DataA wonderful guide from Sandi Caldrone, Research Data Librarian with the University Library.
- Developing and maintaining practical archives: a how-to-do-it manualUIUC library item.
- LibWeb: Library Servers via WWWExplore the holdings of libraries across the world!
- Managing the digital you: where and how to keep and organize your digital lifeUIUC online resource.
- Personal archiving: preserving our digital heritageUIUC online resource.
- The Digital Archives Handbook: A Guide to Creation, Management, and PreservationUIUC library item and online resource.
Research
Check out some of these resources to get a good introduction to the research behind archival methodologies, software tools, and digital resource management! The links lead through the UIUC Library.
- Archives in the digital age: standards, policies and toolsUIUC library item and online resource.
