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The AABC Archivist's Toolkit

The AABC Archivist's Toolkit offers access to a wide range of on-line and published resources for archivists and archives workers at all levels. Special care is taken to provide resources for small and medium-sized archives. Intended for the British Columbia archives community, the AABC Archivists'Toolkit has evolved into much more. Archives-related sites across Canada and internationally link to this valuable site.

Recommendations for additions, revisions and corrections are encouraged and should be directed to the Archives Association of British Columbia at info@aabc.ca.

Revision is ongoing. Submissions of additions, revisions and corrections are encouraged.

Revision date: March 2010

Introduction to Archives	Establishing an Archives
▪ General resources ▪ Archival theory & principles ▪ Terminology ▪ Ethics ▪ Publications	▪ General resources ▪ Mandate statements & policies ▪ Case studies ▪ Publications
Acquisition, Appraisal and Accessioning	Arrangement and Description
▪ General resources ▪ Acquisition ▪ Appraisal ▪ Monetary appraisal ▪ Accessioning ▪ Publications	▪ General resources ▪ Arrangement ▪ Description & descriptive standards ▪ Sample descriptions ▪ Indexing ▪ Publications
Preservation and Emergency Planning	Reference and Access
▪ General Resources ▪ Needs Assessments / Policies ▪ Preservation of specific media ▪ Paper ▪ Photographs ▪ Sound and Film ▪ Digital / Electronic Records ▪ Disaster Preparedness Planning ▪ Supplies ▪ Publications	▪ General resources ▪ Reference service ▪ Copyright and privacy ▪ Reproduction and use ▪ On-line finding aid - samples ▪ Publications
Automation and Digitization	Electronic & Born-digital Records
▪ General resources ▪ Digital reformatting ▪ Automation / digitization projects ▪ Software & databases ▪ Publications	▪ General resources ▪ Preserving authenticity ▪ Physical preservation ▪ Publications
Grants, Fund-raising and Projects	Other Resources
▪ General resources ▪ Funding sources ▪ Preparing proposals & applications ▪ Managing projects ▪ Publications	▪ Advocacy & public awareness ▪ Education for archivists ▪ Electronic mailing lists ▪ General resources ▪ Legislation ▪ Networks & network resources	▪ Oral history ▪ Personal archives ▪ Publication sources ▪ Records management ▪ Standards
History of the AABC Archivist's Toolkit First offered as advisory pages in 1995 by AABC Archives Advisor / Network Coordinator Bill Purver, the AABC Archivist's Toolkit took on its current form in 1999. As Bill recollects: “It was really a pioneering thing -- it was considered one of the first of its kind in the archival world, and got rave reviews from major archives associations around the world.” Originally intended for small and medium-sized archives in British Columbia, the Archivist's Toolkit has evolved into much more. Redeveloped between March 2009 and March 2010 by Margery Hadley, AABC contractor, it now offers access to a wide range of on-line and published resources for archivists and archives workers at all levels. While special care is still taken to provide resources for small repositories in the BC archives community, the Archivist's Toolkit now also provides links to sophisticated on-line resources on more advanced topics. Importantly, the Toolkit is broadly accessible and archives-related sites across Canada and internationally continue to link to this valuable resource. For further information or to provide Toolkit feedback, please contact the AABC Visit the Archives Marketplace : Advertising Supplement to the AABC Website Contact the AABC \| Site map \| Credits / Legal \| Webmaster Copyright 2010 © Archives Association of British Columbia