The AABC Archivist's Toolkit
The AABC Archivist's Toolkit offers access to a wide range of on-line and published resources for Archivists and archives workers at all levels. Special care is taken to provide resources for small and medium-sized archives. Intended for the British Columbia archives community, the AABC Archivist's Toolkit has evolved into much more as archives-related sites across Canada and internationally link to this valuable site and we are pleased to support our colleagues near and far.
Recommendations for additions, revisions and corrections are encouraged and should be directed to the EAS Coordinator at aabc.advisor@aabc.ca.
Content reviewed & website links verified: January 2021
A Manual for Small Archives
The AABC's A Manual for Small Archives was originally published in 1988 and revised in 1994. It is designed to help persons in small archives, with limited access to training, few employees, and restricted finances and time. The manual explains archival principles and practices, offers guidelines and suggestions for various archival activities, and provides information on other available resources.
Hard copy versions of A Manual for Small Archives are no longer available, however you can download a PDF (3.5 MB).
The AABC also published two indexing tools for the archival community:
- British Columbia Thesaurus: a subject indexing tool for B.C. Archives (1990)
- Municipal & Local Terms: A Supplement to The British Columbia Thesaurus (1993)
