Free Resources

Archival Classics

• Daniels, Maygene and Timothy Walch, editors. A Modern Archives Reader. Washington: National Archives and Records Administration, 1984. Available from HathiTrust. [Unlike the others from HathiTrust, this one cannot be downloaded in pdf, but can be read online.]


• Schellenberg, Theodore R. The Appraisal of Modern Public Records. Washington: National Archives and Records Service, 1956. Available from NARA.


• Schellenberg, Theodore R. Modern Archives: Principles and Techniques. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1956. SAA Archival Classics Series. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2003.  Available from HathiTrust.

Journals

• American Archivist. Volumes 1–69 (1938–2006) available from Hathi Trust.
• Archival Issues. Volumes 1–31 (1976–2007) available from Midwest Archives Conference.
• Archivaria. Numbers 1–74 (1975–2012) available from Association of Canadian Archivists.

General Sources

• Jimerson, Randall C., editor. American Archival Studies: Readings in Theory and Practice. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2000.  Available from HathiTrust.


• Kenney, Anne R. and Oya Rieger. Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives. Mountain View, CA: Research Libraries Group, 2000. Available from OCLC.


• Pearce-Moses, Richard. A Glossary of Archival Records Terminology, Archival Fundamentals Series II. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005. Available in HTML format from SAA. Or in pdf format from HathiTrust.


• Yakel, Elizabeth. Starting an Archives. Chicago: Society of American Archivists and Scarecrow Press, 1994. Available from HathiTrust.

Domain 1

• Ham, Gerald F. Selecting and Appraising Archives and Manuscripts. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1993.  Available from HathiTrust.

Domain 2

• Describing Archives: A Content Standard. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2004.  Available from HathiTrust.

Domain 3

• ALA-SAA Joint Statement on Access: Guidelines for Access to Original Research Materials, August 1994.  Available from SAA.

Domain 4

• Dorge, Valerie and Sharon L. Jones, compilers. Building an Emergency Plan: A Guide for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 1999. Available from the Getty Conservation Institute.


• Jones, Maggie and Neil Beagrie. Preservation Management of Digital Materials: A Handbook. London: British Library, 2002. Available from Digital Preservation Coalition.


• Ogden, Sherelyn. Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Third Edition. Andover: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 2007. [This item is essentially just their Technical Leaflets bound together.] All Technical Leaflets available from N.E.D.C.C.


• Reilly, James M. Storage for Color Photographic Materials. Albany: University of State of New York, New York Education Department, New York State Library, New York State Program for the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials, 1998. Available from the Image Permanence Institute.

Domain 5

• Finch, Elise Freeman. Advocating Archives: An Introduction to Public Relations for Archivists. Metuchen, NJ: The Society of American Archivists and Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994.  Available from HathiTrust.

Domain 6

• Trinkaus-Randall, Gregor. Protecting Your Collections: A Manual of Archival Security. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1995. Available from HathiTrust.

Domain 7

• Benedict, Karen, editor. Ethics and the Archival Profession: Introduction and Case Studies. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2003.  Available from HathiTrust.


• International Council on Archives. Code of Ethics, Adopted byt he General Assembly at its XIIIrd session in Beijing (China), September 6, 1996. Available from ICA.


• Peterson, Trudy Huskamp and Gary Peterson. Archives and Manuscripts, Law. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1985.  Available from the author.