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Development Team
Content Developed by:
Anne R. Kenney, Associate University Librarian (2002-2006)
Nancy Y. McGovern, Assistant Director, Research Department & Digital Preservation Officer (2002-2022)
Richard Entlich, Digital Projects Librarian (2002-2006)
William R. Kehoe, Digital Library Programmer/Analyst (2002-2004)
Ellie Buckley, Digital Research Specialist (2002-2006)
Hosted and Maintained at MIT Libraries by:
Nancy Y. McGovern, Director, Digital Preservation
Kari Smith, Institute Archivist and Program Head, Digital Archives
Hosted and Maintained at ICPSR by:
Nancy Y. McGovern, Digital Preservation Officer (2007-2012)
Kari R. Smith, DPM workshop Project Manager (2009-2011)
Lance Stuchell, Digital Preservation Projects Coordinator (2009-2011)
Heather Backman, Digital Preservation Assistant (2008-2010)
Heather Backman, Digital Preservation Assistant (2008-2010)
Annelise Doll, Digital Preservation Assistant (2010-2011)
Anne Cox, Digital Preservation Assistant (2011-2012)
Wendi Fornoff and Matthew Richardson, Web Administration (2007-2012)
Original Graphic Design & Web Implementation by:
Carla DeMello, Design Coordinator (2002-2006)
Ellie Buckley, Digital Research Specialist (2002-2006)
Erica Olsen, Digital Research Fellow (2002-2003)
Other Contributors at MIT Libraries:
Liz Francis, Digital Preservation Assistant (2012-2013)
Chris Tanguay, Digital Preservation Assistant (2014)
Michelle John, Digital Preservation Assistant (2015-2016)
Other Contributors at the University of Michigan:
Aprille C. McKay, Digital Preservation Specialist (2008)
Courtney Egan, Digital Preservation Assistant (2007-2008)
Anne Thomason, Digital Preservation Assistant (2007-2008)
Bethany Panozzo, Digital Preservation Assistant (2008)
Samantha Boylan, Digital Preservation Assistant (2008)
Justin Todd, Web Administration (2007-2008)
French Language Version Translation by:
Canadian Heritage Information Network. Translated and adapted into French by Benoît Thouin, certified translator (Canada), TETRACOMM, Inc.
Italian Language Version Translation by:
Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale. Final revision by AIB's Digital Libraries Goup coordinated by Maurizio Messina.
Project Supervision by Marco Rufino and Matteo Paternò
Translated and adapted into Italian by Gabrielle Giraudeau
Development Notes
Last revision November 2014.
All URLs and internal links valid as of November 2014.
August 2014
>> Broken links fixed and obvious updates
August 2012
>> Moved from ICPSR to MIT Libraries
August 2011
>> The Tutorial is now maintained by Global Archivist LLC. >>Minor updates to entire tutorial
>> Moved to Drupal
May 2010
>>Minor revisions to entire tutorial
May 2008
>> Italian version released
>> URLs and internal links updated
December 2007
>> Minor revisions to entire tutorial
April 2006
>> French language version released
April 2005
>> Major revisions to Section 3, 4, 5 (Legal)
>> Timeline updated
>> Resources added
November 2004
>> Section 6 (Special Resources)
>> Minor revisions
Summer 2004
>> Links updated
>> Timeline updated
>> Minor revisions
December 2003
>> External review
>> Major revisions
>> Tutorial public launch
Summer 2003
>> Tutorial internal beta launch