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Acquisition, Appraisal and Accessioning

On this page:

▪  General Resources

▪  Acquisition

▪  Appraisal

▪  Monetary Appraisal

▪  Accessioning

▪  Publications

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Revised March 2009 MH

GENERAL RESOURCES  (online)
 

Chapter 3: Bringing Material Into Your Archives: Acquiring, Appraising, and Accessioning

/ Laura Coles, A Manual for Small Archives
(Archives Association of British Columbia, 1988)

ACQUISITION (online)

Donor Agreements

(Canadian Council of Archives, Copyright Committee, 2006)

Documentation Basics: A Guide to Planning and Managing Documentation Projects /

by John W. Suter

(New York State Archives, 2003)

A Guide to Deeds of Gift

(Society of American Archivists, 1998)

SFU Archives Acquisition Mandate

(Simon Fraser University – Archives and Records Management, 1994)

Guidelines for Developing an Acquisition Policy
(Canadian Council of Archives, 1990)

Deed of Gift (sample form)

(White Rock Museum and Archives, 199-)

APPRAISAL  (online)

Archives Tutorial: Archivist essays: what to keep and what to discard

(Archives Society of Alberta, 2004)

Appraisal grid - some of the questions to be asked when considering a donation

(Council of Nova Scotia Archives, 200-)

Secure the Shadow: The Appraisal of Photographs / Lara Wilson

AABC Newsletter, Vol. 10, No. 3

(Archives Association of British Columbia, 2000)

Guide to Archives Appraisal

(Revelstoke Museum and Archives, 2000)

Archival appraisal: what to keep and what to destroy?

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

Appraisal of Local Government Records for Historical Value / by Prudence K. Backman

(University of the State of New York, 1996)

MONETARY APPRAISAL  (online)

National Archival Appraisal Board (NAAB)

(NAAB, 2008)

Monetary Appraisal of Archives / Laurenda Daniells

AABC Newsletter, Winter 1993, pp. 4-5

(Archives Association of British Columbia, 1993)

ACCESSIONING  (online)

Sample Completed Accession Record / City of Richmond Archives

(Archives Association of British Columbia, ca.2000)

Sample Accession Register Entries /City of Richmond Archives

(Archives Association of British Columbia, ca.2000)

Accession Record (sample form)

(White Rock Museum and Archives, 199-)

PUBLICATIONS  (for sources click here)

Selecting and Appraising Archives and Manuscripts (Archival Fundamentals Series II) / by Frank Boles

(Society of American Archivists, 2005)

Preparing For Monetary Appraisals: A Guide For Canadian Archival Institutions

(Occasional Papers Series) / Brock Silversides

(Association of Canadian Archivists, 2004)

Appraising Moving Images: Assessing the Archival and Monetary Value of Film and Video Records / Sam Kula

(Scarecrow Press Inc., 2002)

The ANLA Resource Binder for Small Archives, Chapter 3: Arrangement

(Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives, 2002)

The Monetary Appraisal of Archival Documents in Canada (Occasional Papers Series) / S. D. Hanson.

(Association of Canadian Archivists, 1992)

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