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The AABC Archivist's Toolkit: Acquisition, Appraisal and Accessioning

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• General Resources
• Acquisition Policies & Documentation
• Appraisal
• Monetary Appraisal
• Accessioning
• Publications

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GENERAL RESOURCES

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

ACQUISITION POLICIES & DOCUMENTATION

Nova Scotia Archives & Records Management Acquisition Policy

Donor Agreements

Documentation Basics: A Guide to Planning and Managing Documentation Projects

A Guide to Deeds of Gift

SFU Archives Acquisition Mandate

UVic Archives Collections Policy

B.C. History of Nursing deed of gift form

APPRAISAL

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

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

Secure the Shadow: The Appraisal of Photographs

Appraisal of Local Government Records for Historical Value

Appraisal Methodology:  Macro-appraisal and Functional Analysis

NSARM Standard of Practice for Archival Appraisal

JISC HEI Records Management:  Guidance on Archival Appraisal

Archival Appraisal: What to Keep and What to Destroy?

An Accountability Framework for Archival Appraisal

MONETARY APPRAISAL

National Archival Appraisal Board

Monetary Appraisal of Archives

ACCESSIONING

Sample Completed Accession Record

Sample Accession Register Entries

Accession Forms:  Representative Samples

NSARM Archival Accession Policy

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 Valueof 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)