The links listed below provide access to general information, specific details and appropriate organisations.  It is worth looking at the links within the specific format sections too.

www.imappreserve.org
IMAP, Independent Media Arts Preservation, is a non-commercial New York based organisation and information resource largely concerned with electronic arts media.  The site contains information and advice about different formats as well as numerous links to other sites.

www.filmforever.org
A useful website with practical handy progressive instruction for looking after film at home, also with illustrative photographs.

www.mediaart-preservation.dk
Media Art Preservation from the Netherlands Media Art Institution has links to a newsletter, the Danish Video Art Data Bank and a variety of studies and suggestions for thinking about preserving video art.

www.screensound.gov.au
This ‘Film Preservation Handbook’ from Screen Sound Australia breaks down information about film and its preservation, into very comprehensive smaller sections.  This has a great deal of detail.

www.amianet.org/home/about/mission.html
The website for the international Association of Moving Image Archivists gives information about its associated events, resources, publications and scholarships.

www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub54/
Information about the storage of magnetic tapes, with many more links included within it, from the American Council on Library Information Resources.

www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub106/video.html
Very comprehensive and technical examination of archiving digital video from Howard D. Wactlar and Michael G. Christel from the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

palimpsest.stanford.edu
This conservation resource page acts as a massive starting point for a variety of conservation needs and mediums that includes electronic media and motion picture film.

www.experimentaltvcenter.org/history
The Video History Project from The Experimental Television Center includes a lot of links and information about preserving video.

www.tvradioworld.com/directory/Television_Standards/page1.asp
Technical information about the different electronic signal systems, PAL, NTSC, SECAM and HDTV 

www.mpeg.org/MPEG
For details about Mpeg and digital compression.

www.lux.org.uk
Information for artists and curators working in the area of artists’ film and video, also subscription newswire service for monthly information and opportunities.

www.studycollection.co.uk
Led by David Curtis, The Study Collection welcomes those interested in the academic study of British Artists' Film and Video.  Their extensive range of reference materials including video copies of artists' works, still images, historical posters and publicity materials, paper documentation and a publications library.