Archives Week

Introduction/overview

Directory of Archives Week/Month Activities

Archives Week/Month Poster Gallery

Background and History

Archival Education Resources

Teaching with Primary Sources

• Federal government agency resources
• State government agency resources

Calendars & directories

Calendars of events and training opportunities

Resource directories available on Web sites of allied organizations

Acronyms

Special Initiatives

Archives Week/Month events and planning tools

National History Day guidelines and materials

State Archives Collections Online
(digital archives, virtual exhibits, memory projects)

Links to . . .

Archival professional associations

Allied professional associations

State archives & records programs

State historical records advisory boards (SHRABs)

Preservation and conservation organizations

Coalitions and other cooperative efforts involving archivists and other records professionals

Resources from state archives & records programs

Archives Resource Center
Links to manuals, technical leaflets, instructional documents, and other sources of best practices and good advice developed by and for state archives and records programs.

Fundamentals

Laws, Statutes, Regulations
Records Management Manuals
-- General
-- State Records
-- Local Records
Software for Records Management
Glossaries, Definitions

Training for state and local governments

Records Management Functions

Appraisal
Archives
Disaster planning and recovery
-- Disaster planning
-- Salvage of records
Files Management
Inventorying
Preservation
Records Center Operations
Scheduling and Disposition
-- General and agency-specific schedules
--  -- State Records
--  -- Local Records
Storage Conditions and Standards
Vital Records Management

Special Records Types

GIS
Electronic records
E-mail
Facsimile transmissions
Fire Districts
Government Contractor Records
Library and Library System Records

Reformatting and Media Standards

Imaging
Micrographics
Permanent Media Standards

Issues

Access to records
Admissibility
Consultants
GILS
Privacy and confidentiality
Security

Fee schedules (state archives)

Forms

Online newsletters