The AABC Archivist's Toolkit: Introduction to Archives

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Revised 2012

GENERAL RESOURCES  (online)

The AABC Archivist's Toolkit (Archives Association of British Columbia, 2012)

Association of Canadian Archivists

Society of American Archivists

Archives Canada Links (Archives Canada, Canada Archival Information Network, 2010)

Archives Tutorial (Alberta Society of Archivists)

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)

Tools for Archivists (Council of Nova Scotia Archives, 2007)

Directory of Miscellaneous Resources (Archives Canada, Canada Archival Information Network, 200-)

A Manual for Small Archives (Archives Association of British Columbia, 1988, 1994)

ArchivesNext (Blog, 2012)

ArchivesBlogs (Blog, 2012)

WHAT IS AN ARCHIVIST?                         

What is an Archivist? (Association of Canadian Archivist, youtube, 2007)

What is an archivist? (Association of Canadian Archivists, 2004)

So you want to be an Archivist (SAA)

 

ARCHIVAL THEORY AND PRINCIPLES

Archivist Essays: The Role of Archives in the Creation of Memory (Archives Society of Alberta, 200-)

The Death of the Fonds and the Resurrection of Provenance: Archival Context in Space and Time / Laura Millar. Archivaria 53 (ACA)

The Spirit of Total Archives: Seeking a Sustainable Archival System / Laura Millar. Archivaria 47. (Association of Canadian Archivists, 1999)

What is Archival Theory and Why is it Important? / Terry Eastwood. Archivaria 37. (ACA)

Archival Theory and Practice: Between Two Paradigms / Heather MacNeill.  Archivaria 37 (ACA)

The Place of Theory in Archival Practice / Preben Mortensen. Archivaria 47 (ACA)

Archival Theory and the Dutch Manual / Eric Ketelaar. Archivaria 41. (ACA) 

The Power of the Principle of Provenance / David Bearman and Richard Lytle. Archivaria 21 (ACA)

Theoretical Principles and Practical Problems of Respect des Fonds in Archival Science / Michel Duchein. Archivaria 16 (ACA)

TERMINOLOGY

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)

Glossary (Simon Fraser University Archives, 1996)

Appendix I: Glossary of Archival Terms, A Manual for Small Archives (Archives Association of British Columbia, 1988)

ETHICS

Canadian Code of Ethics (Association of Canadian Archivists, 1999)

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 (International Council on Archives, 1996)

PUBLICATIONS

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Archives:  Principles and Practices / by Laura Millar (Neil-Schuman Publishers Inc., 2010)

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 andGordon 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,

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