Archives and Records Management

Archivists of the United States: 1934 to Present

Time line: NARA and the archival profession

NARA Buildings:

• NARA Research Centers, Nationwide
• National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.
• History of the D.C. Archives Building
• Construction of the National Archives Building
• Unveiling of Completed Rotunda, Constitution Week, Sept. 15-19, 2003
• National Archives Building, Washington, DC
• National Archives at College Park, Maryland
• Spotlight on NARA: Building NARA's "Archives of the Future"

NARA Programs and Publications

• A Bibliography of Glossaries for Archivists, Record Managers, Special Collections, Manuscript Curators, and other Related Information Professionals
• Basic Laws and Authorities of the National Archives
• Documenting your Public Service: Guidance for Agency Officials
• Electronic Records Archives (ERA) Program
• ERA Presentations
• Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States
• Record Groups without Descriptions

• Mold and Archives
• Security Bibliography

Spotlight on NARA

State Archives Contact Information

A Classroom Called NARA
This Spotlight on NARA feature on workshops for teachers and students appeared in the Fall 2002 Prologue.

Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper
Duke Libraries collection includes information about citing primary sources.

Getting Started
NARA's guide to conducting research includes information about differences between libraries and archives. There is also a list of tools to help researchers navigate through and understand the contents of various collections at the National Archives.

Using the Manuscripts & Archives: A Tutorial
Yale University's tutorial for archival research.

Academy of Certified Archivists
The Academy of Certified Archivists promotes fundamental standards of professional archival practice.

Institute of Certified Records Managers (ICRM)
The Institute of Certified Records Managers (ICRM) is an international certifying organization of and for professional records and information managers.

CompTIA CDIA+ Certification
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) Certified Document Imaging Architect (CDIA+) Certification is the industry standard for validating document imaging and management skills.

Association for Image and Information Management (AIIM)
AIIM offers a certificate program in the 'Fundamentals of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) System Architecture.'

Archives & manuscripts
(Digital librarian: a librarian’s choice of the best of the web))

Archival research
(Defense POW/Missing Personnel-DPMO)

Archives at the Millennium
(CRM Online, National Park Service, Cultural Resources Management)
Search in the "Index of Past Issues" for Volume 22 (1999), Number 2.

The Archivist's Daybook
(Conferences & meetings for archivists and librarians maintained by the Society of Southwest Archivists.)

The Fictional World of Archives, Art Galleries and Museums
Compiled by David Mattison as a companion site to Ready, 'Net, Go! Includes information about archives in the media.

Finding aid databases at ALIC
These archival databases are accessible to NARA staff nationwide and to researchers at NARA facilities. ALIC's online databases include ArchivesUSA and CIA Records Search Tool (CREST).

The Information Ecosystem
(CRM Online, National Park Service, Cultural Resources Management)
Search in the "Index of Past Issues" for Volume 21 (1998), Number 6.

Ready, ‘Net, Go!
(Maintained by Leon C. Miller, Tulane University)
Links to archival institutions and professional organizations, and online reference sites for archives.

Records management
(Federal Computer Week’s new feature)

State Electronic Records Resources
Compiled by the Committee on Electronic Records and Information Systems at NAGARA, this site lists the Crossroads newsletter providing information on new developments of information policy and management of electronic records.

Archivenet: National archives around the world
This Dutch site links to nearly 4000 governmental archives worldwide.

Library and archival exhibitions on the Web
(Smithsonian Institution Libraries)

Online Archive of California
A core component of the California Digital Library, the Online Archive of California (OAC) is a digital information resource that provides access to archival materials across California. Of particular interest to researchers will be the OAC Projects/'Virtual Collections' page.

The National Archives of England, Wales, and the UK
(United Kingdom)
Explore documents covering one thousand years of British history.

Repositories

State Archives and Historical Societies

UNESCO Archives Portal
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's archives portal to primary sources online, education, preservation, associations, and archives.

Why the Archives Introduced Digitisation on Demand
The National Archives of Australia has tackled the challenge of how to promote wider access to, and greater public use of, their collections through digitisation.

A Bibliography of Glossaries for Archivists, Record Managers, Special Collections, Manuscript Curators, and other Related Information Professionals

An archival glossary for the Millennium
(By Diane Vogt-O'Connor, NPS)

Society of American Archivists: Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology

Introduction to archival terminology

A Bibliography of Glossaries for Archivists, Record Managers, Special Collections, Manuscript Curators, and other Related Information Professionals

Bibliographies & resource guides on conservation topics
(from CoOL, the Conservation OnLine page, Stanford University)

Center for Electronic Records staff bibliography
(NARA)

IASSIST Bibliography
(International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology) Partnership potential: the archives and the data archives. 1977 to 1996 focus on literature of the data archiving community.

Archives and related professions training

Academy of Certified Archivists

Associated Organizations & Associations

Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA)

Association of Records Managers and Administrators, Inc. (ARMA)

Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology (IASSIST)

Directory of Regional, State and Local Archival Organizations in the United States

International Council on Archives (ICA)
The ICA Directory is available here.

Irish Society for Archives

Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC)

Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC): DC Caucus

National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA)

National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA) Members' Web Sites

Society of American Archivists (SAA)

Freedman's Bureau Preservation Project
(Prologue Summer 2002)
Reginald Washington's article on the preservation of post-Civil War era records documenting the federal government's assistance to newly freed slaves by the National Archives and Records Administration.

Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Now separated into leaflets by topic.
(Edited by Sherelyn Ogden, for the Northeast Document Conservation Center).

The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)

Conservation OnLine (CoOL)

Conserve-O-Grams
(Technical leaflets about conservation and preservation from the National Park Service.)

Harvard Library Preservation

Library of Congress Preservation

National Film Preservation Board

Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC)

PALINET and SOLINET merged as LYRASIS

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

American Society For Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM)

National Information Standards Organization (NISO)

Photographic and Imaging Manufacturers Association:
Physical Properties and Permanence of Imaging Materials (ANSI/PIMA IT9)

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