Best Practices

Managing a Program

• The Getty Standards and Digital Resource Management Program; Includes Introduction to Archival Organization and Description; Introduction to Imaging; and Introduction to Metadata
• Ready, 'Net, Go! links to major indexes, lists, and databases of archival resources such as tools, master list of archival sites, and archival search engines
• Council of State Archivist (CoSA)’s Archives Resource Center
• Museum Association of New York (MANY); Has a number of tools including a Collections Management Software Review, and Trustee Training Materials

Standards for Archival and Records Management Processes

• New York State Archives historical records management publications that address standards, including those for documentation, appraisal, and arrangement and description.
• New York State Archives government records management publications that address standards, including those for imaging and microfilming.
• Library of Congress: MARC 21 standards, Encoded Archival Description (EAD), LC Subject and Name Authority database and other Resources for Librarians and Archivists
• The Getty: Data Standards and Guidelines, Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)
• Hudson River Valley Heritage (HRVH) standards and best practices
  

Preservation

• Preserving Electronic Records, a set of online instructional videos designed for colleges and universities and useful as well to other organizations, large and small.
• National Park Service’s Conserve O Grams
• Stanford University’s Conservation Online (CoOL) Resources for conservation professionals
• British Library, Collection Care videos
• Northeast Document Conservation Center  

Copyright

• The Library of Congress, Copyright Office
• The Library of Congress, copyright Q&A on The Learning Page
• UNC’s When Works Pass into the Public Domain

See Training Opportunities to learn more about some of these topics.