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

▪  Preservation policies

▪  Photographic media storage

▪  Optical disc media

▪  Information leaflets

▪  Standards organizations

▪  Publications

▪  Online catalogues

▪  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

The Archivist's Toolkit was redeveloped in March 2009.  Major and ongoing revision

by Margery Hadley, AABC contractor

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