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Introduction to Archives

 

On this page:

  General Resources

  Archival Theory & Principles

  Terminology

  Ethics

  Publications

COMMENT on this page

Revised June 2009 MH


 

GENERAL RESOURCES  (online)

 

The AABC Archivist's Toolkit

(Archives Association of British Columbia, 2010)

 

Archives Canada Links

(Archives Canada, Canada Archival Information Network, 2010)

 

NAGARA Online Document Library

(National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (USA), 2010)

 

About Archives and Archivists

(U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 2010)

 

Preserving Communities : A Guide to Archiving for Community Organizations

Braden Cannon

(Halifax Regional Municipality Archives, 2009)

 

Librarians and Archivists: Tools and Resources for Information Professionals

(Library of Congress, 2008)

 

Canadian Council of Archives Toolkit

(CCA Archives Advisory Services Working Group, 2007 or later)

 

UNESCO Archives Portal

(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2007)

 

Archivists’ Toolkit

(The Archivists’ Toolkit Project, USA, 2007)

 

Tools for Archivists

(Council of Nova Scotia Archives, 2007)

 

Directory of Miscellaneous Resources

(Archives Canada, Canada Archival Information Network, 200-)

 

Archives Advisor's Notebook

(Archives Association of Ontario, 1999)

 

A Manual for Small Archives

(Archives Association of British Columbia, 1988, 1994)                                      

 

 

ARCHIVAL THEORY AND PRINCIPLES  (online)                          

 

What is an archivist?

(Association of Canadian Archivists, 2004)

 

Archivist Essays: The Role of Archives in the Creation of Memory

(Archives Society of Alberta, 200-)

 

The Archivist’s Code: Fundamental Archival Principles

(Archives Association of Ontario, Archives Advisor's Notebook, 1999)

 

The Spirit of Total Archives: Seeking a Sustainable Archival System / Laura Millar

Archivaria 47

(Association of Canadian Archivists, 1999)

 

 

TERMINOLOGY  (online)

 

Rules for Archival Description (RAD) - Appendix D. Glossary

(Bureau of Canadian Archivists, 2008)

Glossary - pages 633-641 (D1 to D9 )

 

Archives Terminology: select terms / Margery Hadley and Michael Gourlie

(Association of Alberta Archivists, 2006)

 

A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology

(Richard Pearce-Moses, Society of American Archivists, 2005)

 

Photography / Imaging Glossary
(Mark Forget, digitalexposure.ca, 2004)

 

Glossary

(Simon Fraser University Archives, 1996)

 

Appendix I: Glossary of Archival Terms, A Manual for Small Archives

(Archives Association of British Columbia, 1988)

 


ETHICS  (online)

 

Code of Ethics for Archivists

(Society of American Archivists, 2005)

 

Code of Ethics and Guidance for Practice

(Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property and the Canadian Association

of Professional Conservators, 2000)

 

Code of Ethics

(Canadian Council of Archives, 1999)

 

Code of Ethics

(International Council on Archives, 1996)

 

 

PUBLICATIONS (for publication sources click here) 

 

Understanding Archives and Manuscripts (Archival Fundamentals Series II) /

by James M. O'Toole and Richard J. Cox

(Society of American Archivists, 2006)

 

Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (Archival Fundamentals Series. II)

/ Richard Pearce-Moses

(Society of American Archivists, 2005)

 

Archival Theory, Records, and the Public / by Trevor Livelton

(Scarecrow Press, January 2004)

 

Imagining Archives: Essays and Reflections by Hugh A. Taylor / Terry Cook and

Gordon Dodds (eds.)

(Scarecrow Press, Inc., Association of Canadian Archivists & Society

of American Archivists, 2003)

 

Ethics and the Archival Profession: Introduction and Case Studies / Karen M. Benedict

(Society of American Archivists, 2003)

 

The ANLA Resource Binder for Small Archives

(Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives, 2002)

 

Managing Records as Evidence and Information / Richard J. Cox

(Quorum Books, 2001)

 

Keeping Archives / Judith Ellis (ed), 2nd ed.

(Melbourne: D. W. Thorpe and the Australian Society of Archivists, 1993)

 

Canadian Archival Studies and the Rediscovery of Provenance/ Tom Nesmith (ed.)

(Association of Canadian Archivists, Society of American Archivists,

The Scarecrow Press Inc., 1993)

 

 

 

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