Care & Management
The AABC Archivist’s Toolkit, Archives Association of British Columbia.
AABC Manual for Small Archives, 1994/2021, is available online or as PDF download.
Archival Management Software: A Report for the Council on Library and Information Resource by Lisa Spiro.
Provides information about range of products.
CCI Notes, Canadian Conservation Institute.
Numerous brief pamphlets about collections care.
Conserv O Grams, National Park Service.
Numerous brief pamphlets on the care of museum and archival materials, disaster preparedness, etc.
Guide to Collections Care, Gaylord Archival.
Preservation advice (with use of Gaylord's products): paper, photographs, textiles, and books.
Connecting to Collections on-line community website forum sponsored by American Association for State and Local History, Institute of Museum and Library Services & National Institute for Preservation.
Preservation Self-Assessment Program User Guide, University of Illinois.
A free, online program to help determine collections care priorities.
Processing Manual for Archival and Special Collections by Moravian College and Bethlehem Area Public Library.
Step by step instructions, various types of materials, forms, etc.
AABC Manual for Small Archives, 1994/2021, is available online or as PDF download.
Archival Management Software: A Report for the Council on Library and Information Resource by Lisa Spiro.
Provides information about range of products.
CCI Notes, Canadian Conservation Institute.
Numerous brief pamphlets about collections care.
Conserv O Grams, National Park Service.
Numerous brief pamphlets on the care of museum and archival materials, disaster preparedness, etc.
Guide to Collections Care, Gaylord Archival.
Preservation advice (with use of Gaylord's products): paper, photographs, textiles, and books.
Connecting to Collections on-line community website forum sponsored by American Association for State and Local History, Institute of Museum and Library Services & National Institute for Preservation.
Preservation Self-Assessment Program User Guide, University of Illinois.
A free, online program to help determine collections care priorities.
Processing Manual for Archival and Special Collections by Moravian College and Bethlehem Area Public Library.
Step by step instructions, various types of materials, forms, etc.
Published Books
Borrow and browse via interlibrary loan; decide which ones are worth purchasing for your archives library.
A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections 2nd ed. by Marie C. Malaro, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998.
Documenting Localities: A Practical Model for American Archivists and Manuscript Curators by Richard J. Cox, Society of American Archivists, 1996.
The Management of Small History Museums by Carl E. Guthe, American Association for State and Local History, 1964.
It’s ancient but the collections chapter is worth reading.
Organizing Archival Records: A Practical Method of Arrangement and Description for Small Archives by David W. Carmicheal, AltaMira Press, 2019.
This book is a classic, now in its 4th edition.
Archival Basics: A Practical Manual for Working with Historical Collections by Charlie Arp, Rowman & Littlefield, 2019.
Highly recommended for new citizen-archivists.
A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections 2nd ed. by Marie C. Malaro, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998.
Documenting Localities: A Practical Model for American Archivists and Manuscript Curators by Richard J. Cox, Society of American Archivists, 1996.
The Management of Small History Museums by Carl E. Guthe, American Association for State and Local History, 1964.
It’s ancient but the collections chapter is worth reading.
Organizing Archival Records: A Practical Method of Arrangement and Description for Small Archives by David W. Carmicheal, AltaMira Press, 2019.
This book is a classic, now in its 4th edition.
Archival Basics: A Practical Manual for Working with Historical Collections by Charlie Arp, Rowman & Littlefield, 2019.
Highly recommended for new citizen-archivists.