The resources below support common ways that library workers across the Alliance perform tasks related to the Open Strategies & Digital Content (OSDC) program. Includes digital collections, copyright, archives, and special collections.

General

• Program Overview
• Open Calls and Community Calls (recordings and Zoom links to regular meetings)
• OSDC email lists – contact Elizabeth Duell to be added to any list
  • OSDC Discussion (osdc-discussion): community building, questions specific to OSDC, troubleshooting
• Training and Documentation
• Help Request

Digital Collections

• Rights Statements in Digital Collections
  • Free Text Rights Statements
  • Standardized Rights Statements
  • Risk Management and Rights
• Metadata in Digital Collections
  • Dublin Core best practices
• Northwest Digital Heritage
  • Northwest Digital Heritage site (external)

Copyright First Responders

• Copyright First Responders
• Copyright First Responders Speak About Fair Use: recording (41:18, YouTube) and slides (Google Slide)

Archives & Manuscripts

• Overview of the Alliance’s Archives & Manuscripts Collection program
• ArchivesSpace
  • ArchivesSpace documentation
  • Resources and Trainings Tagged with ArchivesSpace
  • Using OpenRefine for metadata cleanup in ArchivesSpace
• Archives West
  • Archives West documentation
  • Archives West copyright guidelines
  • Archives West creative commons licenses