The Archivist's Toolkit

Establishing An Archives

General Resources On the Web

• Manual for Small Archives -- Chapter 1 (Getting Started: Your Archival Organization)
  (Archives Association of British Columbia)
• Manual for Small Archives -- Chapter 2 (Resources: People, Facilities and Money)
  (Archives Association of British Columbia)
• Archives: what to do when the filing cabinet is full?
  (Association of Manitoba Archives)
• Developing an Archives in Your Community: Useful Projects
  (Archives Association of Ontario -- "Archives Advisor's Notebook")

Policy Guidelines (Online)

• Institutional Guidelines for Archives
  (Canadian Council of Archives)
• Guidelines for Developing an Acquisition Policy
  (Canadian Council of Archives)
   
  
  • Sample Policies (Online):
     
    
  • City of Richmond -- Corporate Records Management Program Bylaw 7400
  • Revelstoke Museum and Archives Mandate and Policy Statement
  • Simon Fraser University Archives -- Policies, Procedures and Standards
  • University of Victoria Archives Collections Policy

Case Studies (Online)

• Mission Community Archives
  (AABC Newsletter Article - Winter 1994)
• Nanaimo Community Archives
  (AABC Conference Paper - April 1994)
• Crofton House School Archives
  (AABC Newsletter Article - Winter 1996)

Publications Available

General

• ANLA Resource Binder (by the Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives)
  Available from the Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives
• Understanding Archives and Manuscripts (by James M. O'Toole)
  Available from the Society of American Archivists
• Developing and Maintaining Practical Archives: A How-To-Do-It Manual (by Gregory S. Hunter)
  Available from the Society of American Archivists
• Keeping Archives, 2nd Edition (edited by Judith Ellis, Australian Society of Archivists)
  Available from the Society of American Archivists

Specialized Archives

• Corporate Archives and History: Making the Past Work (edited by Amita A. Jones and Philip L. Cantelon)
  Available from the Society of American Archivists
• Museum Archives: An Introduction (by William A. Deiss)
  Available from the Society of American Archivists
• Native American Archives: An Introduction (by John A. Fleckne)
  Available from the Society of American Archivists
• The Management of College and University Archives (by William J. Maher)
  Available from the Society of American Archivists
• Guidelines for College and University Archives (SAA)
  Available from the Society of American Archivists