Professional Resources

Links

Archives & Social Studies: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

http://socialstudies.cartagena.es

Digital, free, and peer-reviewed journal on archival science, focused on an interdisciplinary use of theory and practice, in order to find answers to the information science problems.

Archives and Preservation Resources

http://www.archives.gov/

Information from NARA about archival management and preservation of historical records.

Archivist's Daybook

http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/Daybook.html

Information about archival meetings, workshops, seminars, and other continuing education and professional development events for archivists around the world.

Basic Rules for Archival Description

http://lib74123.usask.ca/scaa/rad/

An introduction to the preparation of fonds- and series-level descriptions using RAD, from the Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists.

Digitising History

http://hds.essex.ac.uk/g2gp/digitising_history/

A guide to creating, documenting and preserving digital resources derived from historical documents by Sean Townsend, Cressida Chappell, and Oscar Struijvé.

European Preservation Information Center

http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/

Provides a gateway for information on the preservation of documentary heritage in Europe.

Introduction to Archival Terminology

http://www.archives.gov/research_room/alic/reference_desk/archives_resources/archival_terminology.html

Glossary of terms used in archival management and preservation of historical records by Maygene F. Daniels, from US National Archives and Records Administration.

Latin American Archival Theory and Practice During the 1970s and 1980s

http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~landc/fulltext/LandC_34_3_MaymiSurgranes.pdf

Comparative study of various countries' archival theory and practice concerning information access. [Requires Adobe Acrobat]