UNESCO — Documentary Heritage
International program for documentary-heritage preservation.
www.unesco.org
Publications
Publications & outputs
Guides, reports, and frameworks for the digital-heritage community.
2018 · Guide
A Preservation-Ready Digitization Workflow
Practical steps for capturing collections with preservation in mind.
2020 · Report
Metadata That Travels
How interoperability standards keep collections usable across systems.
2022 · Case study
3D Capture of Fragile Objects
Lessons from documenting delicate artifacts in three dimensions.
2024 · Framework
Provenance-First Access
A model for opening collections while honoring rights and context.
2025 · Brief
Computer Vision in the Reading Room
Careful uses — and limits — of AI on cultural collections.
2026 · Research brief
Formats for the Long Term
Choosing file formats that stay readable for decades.
Further reading & data sources
Independent resources and open datasets relevant to our work.
Europeana
Open access to Europe’s digitized cultural heritage.
www.europeana.eu
IIIF — International Image Interoperability Framework
Standards for sharing images and collections.
iiif.io
Digital Public Library of America
Open access to digitized U.S. collections.
dp.la
Getty
Research and standards for art and cultural heritage.
www.getty.edu
Internet Archive
A large open digital library and preservation project.
archive.org
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