This chart provides a quick overview of metadata standards and guidelines that are in use with digital audio, including metadata used to describe the content of the files; metadata used to describe properties of the digital files, how they were created, and (for digitized content) the original analog object; and metadata used to manage and preserve digital files. A number of these standards and guidelines have broader application beyond audio. Links to audio examples have been provided when possible.

The Digital Library Federation (DLF) is a network of libraries and related agencies pioneering innovative uses of information technologies and community expertise to extend collections and services.

DLF is a program of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).

 

The WGBH Media Archives and Preservation Center has preserved and described 523 tapes from The Ten O'Clock News, WGBH's in-depth nightly news program. Dating from 1974 to 1991, this collection focuses on news stories relating to Boston's African American community

UC is one of about 100 libraries joining the Open Content Alliance.

"A collection of digital images containing more than 100 pamphlets published by political and social pressure groups in the United States. Topics include the American Indian Movement, Asian Americans, birth control, Black Panthers, Hollywood Ten, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Ku Klux Klan (KKK), Rosenberg Case, Sacco-Vanzetti Case, Scottsboro Boys, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and Wounded Knee. From the Michigan State University Libraries."