Professional Organizations | Standard Organizations | Archival Repositories | Journals |
Records Managements and Electronic Records | Preservation | Digital Preservation | Listservs | General

• Society of American Archivists (SAA)
• International Council on Archives
• Association of Records Managers and Administrators, Inc.
• Association for Image and Information Management
• Midwest Archives Conference
• Society of Georgia Archivists
• Society of Ohio Archivists
• Society of North Carolina Archivists
• Louisiana Archives and Manuscripts Association
• Association of Canadian Archivists
• Society of Southwest Archivists
• Society of Florida Archivists
• Michigan Archival Association
• Directory of Regional, State and Local Archival Organizations in the United States
• Association of Moving Image Archivists

• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• Consortium for the Computer Interchange of Museum Information (CIMI)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• Standards for the Interchange of Digital Information

• National Archives and Records Administration
• Repositories of Primary Sources: a listing of over 1900 Web sites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary resources.

I. Major (Inter)national Archival Journals in (Mostly) English

• American Archivist
  Published by the Society of American Archivists (SAA).
  Refereed.
  Indexed in: Library Literature and Historical Abstracts
• Archivaria
  Journal of the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA)
  Refereed.
  Indexed in: Historical Abstracts, America: History and Life, and Canadian Periodical Index
• Archives: Journal of the British Records Association
  This journal contains more document reprints and glosses of collections by historians.
• Archifacts: Journal of the Archives and Records Association of New Zealand
• Primary Sources and Original Works
  Published by Haworth Press.
  Indexed in Library & Information Science Abstracts and Information Science Abstracts.

II. Regional Journals with general articles

• Archival Issues: The Journal the Midwest Archives Conference (formerly Midwestern Archivist)
  Refereed.
  Indexed in: America: History and Life and Library Literature
• Provenance: Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists (formerly Georgia Archives) published irregularly. Refereed.
  Indexed in: America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts

III. Journals specializing in Electronic Records

• Archives and Museums Informatics
  Published by Kluwer.
  Refereed and not indexed externally.

IV. Records Management Journals

• The Information Management Journal
  Journal of the American Records Management Association.
  Not refereed.
  Indexed in: Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA), ABI/INFORM, and Information Science Abstracts
• The Records and Information Management Report: The Newsletter of Professional Information Managers
  Not refereed.
  Not indexed.
• Records Management Journal published by ASLIB: The Association for Information Management.
  Refereed.

V. Rare Books and Manuscripts

• Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship (published by ACRL)
  Refereed.
  Indexed in Library Literature and MLA International Newsletter: RBMS Newsletter

VI. Preservation and Conservation

• Online Conservation/Preservation Serials
• Conservation Administration News (out of the Preservation Program at the University of Texas)
• Library and Archival Security (Preservation as well as security issues)
  Refereed.
  Indexed in Library Literature, Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA), Information Science Abstracts, among other indices.
• Restaurateur: International Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Material
• Disaster Recovery Journal
• Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies

VII. Reformatting

• Document Image Automation Update
• Inform (formerly Journal of Micrographics then Journal of Information and Image Management) [Z265 M6 J951]
• Microform Review - published by Saur
• Micrographics Newsletter - published by Microfilm Publishing

VIII. Electronic Journals

• D-Lib Magazine: The Magazine of Digital Library Research

• Coalition for Networked Information
• EDUCAUSE
• NISO
• Association for Information and Image Management
• The Library of Virginia Records Management Manual, GLOSSARY OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT TERMS

• Conservation Online (CoOL)
• VIDIPAX
• Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
• OCLC - Preservation Resources
• Bookbinding: a tutorial
• The Library of Congress: Preservation
• National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT)
• CALIPR: Preservation Planning Software

• Digital Toolkit
• Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
• Research Libraries Group

Significant Documents:

• Digital Preservation Needs and Requirements in RLG Member Institutions, by Margaret Hedstrom and Sheon Montgomery, December 1998
• Preserving Digital Information: Final Report and Recommendations: a fairly long and detailed report.

Resources:

• Preservation and Access Technology: The Relationship Between Digital and Other Media Conversion Processes: A Structured Glossary of Technical Terms by M. Stuart Lynn and The Technology Assessment Advisory Committee to the Commission on Preservation and Access August 1990
• PADI: Preserving Access to Digital Information: Selected bibliographies on preserving access to digital information.

• PHOTOHST
  History of Photography
  LISTSERV@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU
  SUBSCRIBE PHOTOHST [your name]
• AMIA-L
  Association for Moving Image Archivists
  LISTSERV@UKCC.UKY.EDU
  SUBSCRIBE AMIA-L [your name]
• EXLIBRIS
  Rare Books and Special Collections
  EXLIBRIS@RUTVM1.RUTGERS.EDU
  SUBSCRIBE EXLIBRIS [your name]
• CONSDIR
  Conservation DistList
  Walter Henry (consdist-request@lindy.stanford.edu)
  Send message requesting subscription
• ARCHIVES
  Archives and Archivists (Website)
  LISTSERV@MiamiU.MUOhio.Edu
  SUB Archives [your name]
• ERECS-L
  Electronic Records Listserv
  Tom_Ruller@MTS.RPI.EDU
  [Send message requesting subscription; this is a moderated listserve]
• PUBLHIST
  listserv@husc3.harvard.edu
  leave subject line blank
  subscribe publhist [your name]
• OHA-L
  Oral History Association Discussion List
  LISTSERV@UKCC.uky.edu
  SUBSCRIBE OHA-l [your name]
• H-RHETOR
  History of Rhetoric Discussion List
  LISTSERV@uicvm.uic.edu
  SUB H-RHETOR firstname surname school
• H-AmStdy
  American Studies Discussion List
  LISTSERV@uicvm.uic.edu
  sub H-AmStdy firstname surname school
• H-TEACH
  H-Net Teaching History
  LISTSERV@uicvm.uic.edu
  SUB H-Teach firstname lastname school
• DARWIN-L
  History and Theory of the Historical Sciences
  LISTSERV@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu
  SUBSCRIBE DARWIN-L firstname lastname
• VISCOM
  Visual Communications Discussion
  LISTSERV@vm.temple.edu
  SUB VISCOM firstname lastname
• MAPHIST
  Map History Discussion List
  LISTSERV@Harvarda.Harvard.edu
  SUB MAPHIST firstname lastname
• ARTIFACT
  Study of Material Culture
  LISTSERV@umdd.umd.edu
  SUB ARTIFACT firstname lastname
• LCSH-AMC
  Archival Cataloguing Listserv
  Listserv@asuvm.inre.asu.edu
  Sub LCSH-AMC First Name Last Name
• RECMGMT
  Records Management
  listserv@listserv.syr.edu
  Leave the subject line blank and type in:
  subscribe RECMGMT your name
• ARCHIVISTS
  ARCHIVISTS@ARCHIVE.ORG Digital Archives
  To subscribe send the following command to
  archivists-request@archive.org in the body of e-mail:
  SUBSCRIBE archivists you@your.domain

• Ready, 'Net, Go: Archival Internet Resources (Created by Leon Miller, Tulane University)