American Memory White Papers
This set of technical papers was initially developed to summarize experience gained during the American Memory pilot (1990-1995). They were updated and extended as resources for applicants for the LC/Ameritech competition (1996-1998). The concepts discussed and the principles developed still guide the Library's digital conversion efforts, although some of the details have changed as digitizing technology has improved and new digital formats have been widely deployed.

1. Digital Historical Collections: Types, Elements, and Construction (August 1996)

First of three related papers for applicants in the LC/Ameritech competition
2. Digital Formats for Content Reproductions (July 1998)

Second of three related papers
3. Access Aids and Interoperability (August 1997)

Third of three related papers
4. Frameworks and Finding Aids: Organizing Digital Archival Collections (October 1994)

Paper presented by Carl Fleischhauer at the Seminar on Cataloging Digital Documents, co-sponsored by the University of Virginia Library and the Library of Congress.
5. Reproduction Quality Issues in a Digital Library System (December 1992)