The Chronicles in Preservation project, a collaborative effort led by the Educopia Institute, the MetaArchive Cooperative, the Chronopolis program, the University of North Texas, and Virginia Tech, is pleased to announce its completion. The NEH-funded project has produced a number of tools and documents to assist with preservation. While the focus of the project was the preservation of digitized and born-digital newspapers, the resulting tools and documents are useful for a wide range of content. If you have any questions about Chronicles in Preservation, please contact [log in to unmask] . *Tools Available for Download* - Bag Split/Unsplit Utility <https://github.com/MetaArchive/bagit-split>- a python script to split one bag into smaller bags for transport or storage and then to reassemble the original bag for dissemination. - LOCKSSsumValidator<https://github.com/MetaArchive/metaarchive-qa-tools> - a python-based web service to compare a bag manifest with the checksums produced by a LOCKSS box. - Bad Filename Detection Tool<https://github.com/MetaArchive/metaarchive-qa-tools> - a python script to detect problematic system files and bad file names that may interfere with transfer. - Bag Description Service <https://github.com/MetaArchive/bag-describe> - a python script to create technical metadata for a bag's contents using the FCLA Description Service. *Documentation Available for Download* - BagIt Usage Instructions<http://metaarchive.org/public/resources/neh/research/BagIt_Usage_Instructions.pdf> - a manual to use the BagIt tools Bagger and bagit-python to package collections into bags. - *Guidelines for Digital Newspaper Preservation Readiness* - a guide to enhancing the preservation of digital newspapers through 6 actions (inventories, file organization, format management, metadata creation, checksum validation, and packaging), available as: - a PDF report <http://www.educopia.org/publishing/gdnpr> with links to relevant tools. - a wiki<http://metaarchive.org/neh/index.php/Guidelines_for_Digital_Newspaper_Collection_Preservation_Readiness> open for community editing. - *Comparative Analysis of Distributed Digital Preservation Frameworks* - a set of metrics for analyzing distributed digital preservation (DDP) systems, available as: - a PDF report<http://metaarchive.org/public/publishing/Comparative_Analysis_for_DDP_Frameworks.pdf> based on a series of content exchanges between three DDP systems (Chronopolis, MetaArchive, and UNT Coda), sponsored by the project. - a Google Spreadsheet<http://metaarchive.org/neh/index.php/Comparative_Analysis_of_Distributed_Digital_Preservation_Frameworks> open for community contribution. *Chronicles in Preservation Partners* Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Chronicles in Preservation project was led by the Educopia Institute (host for the MetaArchive Cooperative), along with Chronopolis and the libraries of University of North Texas, Virginia Tech, Penn State, University of Utah, Georgia Tech, University of Kentucky, and Boston College. -- Project Manager Educopia Institute http://www.educopia.org [log in to unmask] 917 409 7907