Community sourced · Editor verified

Help the directory stay alive.

Contributions enter as proposals with evidence. They become published facts only after editorial review, and historical claims remain distinct from present-day updates.

01

Suggest a project

Name a library, archive, repository, portal, journal, collaboratory, preservation network, civic information commons, or shared knowledge infrastructure.

02

Correct a record

Fix a name, description, classification, operator, date, status claim, or source citation.

03

Report a broken link

Send the record ID, failing URL, and any current official destination, successor, or archive you can establish.

04

Propose a relationship

Connect a project to an operator, host, partner, member network, standard, predecessor, successor, or preservation endpoint.

05

Project representative submission

Provide an official description, current home, governance or stewardship information, access terms, and direct source links.

06

Add a preservation route

Identify an official archive, repository, mirror, successor collection, or other durable access point for a moved or discontinued project.

Prepare a contribution

Open the prepared emailYour email app opens with this structured proposal, and you choose when to send it.

Publication path

What happens to a proposal?

A visible proposal history is the intended governance record. The initial release uses structured email while the directory remains curator-led.

01Submit

A person or project representative provides a claim and links.

02Check evidence

Direct official sources, dates, and the precise claim are separated.

03Editor review

Duplicates, lineage, scope, vocabulary, and conflicts are resolved.

04Publish

The record, evidence, verification date, and revision note are released.