A guide to managing and preserving digital items. Covering multimedia, non-digital documents, financial and legal documents, and social media archiving, this comprehensive text addresses how to get started and develop a plan for managing existing and future items.

Includes index.

Getting started : finding your files, assessing value, and making a plan -- Naming, structuring, and organizing files -- Legal, financial, and medical documents -- Correspondence : email, SMS, and voicemail -- Digital photographs -- Other media : video, audio, genealogy, and problem files -- Social media, online sharing, and online accounts -- Non-digital materials -- Appendix A: Blank forms -- Appendix B: A short annotated bibliography of personal digital archiving resources.