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An excellent, comprehensive bibliography of readings for archives/records professionals, Resources For Archival & Records Management Studies: Readings and Web Sites was created and is maintained by Professor Richard J Cox of the University of Pittsburgh School of Library & Information Sciences at http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/~rcox/RESOURCESPreface.htm

Relevant professional print & e-journals on recordkeeping

American Archivist 1993- semi-annual journal of the Society of American Archivists
http://www.archivists.org

Archivaria 1991- semi-annual journal of the Association of Canadian Archivists
http://archivists.ca/publications/archivaria.aspx

Archives & Manuscripts 1993- semi-annual journal of the Australian Society of Archivists
http://www.archivists.org.au

Archives & Museums Informatics.
Selected articles by the principal consultants are also available at the A&MI website at http://www.archimuse.com

D-Lib Magazine
http://www.dlib.org

Provenance. An electronic journal for information professionals.
http://www.netpac.com/provenance

Selected readings 

Duchein, Michel, Obstacles to the Access, Use and Transfer of Information From Archives: A RAMP Study. Paris: UNESCO, 1983.

Ellis, Judith, editor. Keeping Archives. Second Edition. Port Melbourne: DW Thorpe, 1993.

International Records Management Trust (IRMT). Management of Public Sector Records Training Materials. London: IRMT, 1999. Comprehensive set of modules, manuals, case studies conveying principles and solutions to actual problems involving recordkeeping for good governance and safeguarding civil and human rights.
Send orders to IRMT, 12 John Street, London WC1N 2EB UK or go to http://www.irmt.org/ and follow the prompts.

Kennedy, Jay and Cherryl Schauder, Records Management: A Guide for Students and Practitioners of Records Management. Melbourne: Addison, Wesley, Longman 1998.

Pederson, Ann E., Mark Brogan & Alin Huma, Documenting Society. Version 2.0. Perth: Edith Cowan University, 2000. CD-ROM.
The CD-ROM is available for purchase from: Senior Administrative Officer, International and Commercial Office, Faculty of Computing Health and Science, Edith Cowan University, 100 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, Western Australia, 6027.

Robek, Mary F., Gerald F. Brown & David O. Stephens, Information and Records Management. 4th. Edition. New York: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill,1996.

Standards Australia. Australian Standard for Records Management AS ISO 15489 – 2002 Homebush, NSW: Standards Association of Australia, 1996.

State Records Authority of New South Wales. Government Recordkeeping Manual. 4 loose-leaf volumes. Sydney: SRANSW, 1999-date.

State Records Authority of New South Wales and National Archives of Australia. Designing and Implementing Recordkeeping Systems (DIRKS Manual).
http://www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/dirks/dirksman/contents.html

State University of New York at Albany. Center for Technology in Government
http://www.ctg.albany.edu

University of Pittsburgh. School of Information Sciences. Project on the Functional Requirements for Evidence in Recordkeeping. Framework For Business Acceptable Communications
http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/%7Ercox/FunReqs.htm

Software for recordkeeping

RecFind
http://www.infomgtsolutions.com/RecFind.htm

Tabularium
http://tabularium.records.nsw.gov.au/

TRIM http://www.towersoft.com.au

General or 'Gateway Sites'

Archives in the World. UNESCO WebWorld Site offering a comprehensive listing of links to webpages of public archives and professional associations around the world.
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/public_domain/archives_world.html

ARCHON - Based and focussed upon the needs of UK archivists and manuscripts curators, this site has valuable links to repositories and training institutions. Of special interest is the link to professional resources and associations
http://www.hmc.gov.uk/archon/archon.htm

Canadian Archival Resources on the Internet - Created and maintained by Cheryl Avery, University of Saskatchewan Archives and Steve Billinton, Archives of Ontario. This site is a model for those wishing to set up a comprehensive directory of sites. Especially valuable are its links to other international gateways.
http://www.usask.ca/archives/menu.html

Canadian Heritage Information Network(CHIN). This comprehensive organisation has a number of publications and reports of interest to recordkeeping professionals.
http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/index.html

CoOL. Conservation OnLine: Resources for Conservation Professionals. Gateway to websites and other resources on preservation of records, archives and library materials.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu
Of special interest is the Archives Preservation Resource Review which is a comprehensive listing of sources, many with links to the actual articles and documents.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/kaplan/kaplan.html

Directory of Archives in Australia.
http://www.archivists.org.au/directory/asa_urls.htm

Encoded Archival Description[EAD] Projects: The EAD Document Type Definition (DTD) Official Website is a standard for encoding archival finding aids using the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML). The standard is maintained in the Network Development and MARC Standards Office of the Library of Congress (LC) in partnership with the Society of American Archivists and the site has links to most of the projects and products using this approach.
http://www.loc.gov/ead

Ready, 'Net, GO! Archival Internet Resources. US focussed gateway that is specially good for explaining searching tools and strategies for exploring the Internet.
http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/ArchivesResources.html

Records and Information Management Resources on the Internet. This essential site of more than 3400 websites was developed and maintained by Alan S. Zaben as a service to professionals.
http://infomgmt.homestead.com/

Selected public archives in English speaking countries

National Archives of Australia (NAA)
http://www.naa.gov.au

National Archives of Canada (NAC)
http://www.archives.ca

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) USA
http://www.nara.gov

Public Record Office (UK)
http://www.pro.gov.uk

State Records Authority of New South Wales
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au

Professional association sites

Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA)
http://archivists.ca./

The Australian Society of Archivists, Inc. (ASA)
http://www.archivists.org.au

ARMA International (ARMA)
http://www.arma.org
This site also has links to other professional associations with interests in recordkeeping.

International Council on Archives (ICA)
http://www.ica.org

International Records Management Trust (IRMT)
http://www.irmt.org

The Records Management Association of Australia (RMAA)
http://www.rmaa.com.au

The Society of American Archivists (SAA) This important site has useful contacts and links and especially an extensive list of publications which can be ordered by mail or electronically.
http://www.archivists.org

The Society of Archivists (UK)
http://www.archives.org.uk

Professional issues and research

Monash University. Records Continuum Research Group. Publications and Reports.
http://rcrg.dstc.edu.au/index.html

Listservs & newsletters

AUS-Archivists ListServ.
Email address is aus-archivists@asap.unimelb.edu.au
To subscribe, send the message: subscribe aus-archivists to majordomo@asap.unimelb.edu.au (with no subject line or signature)

Index to the Aus-Archivists Listserv. Maintained by the Australian Science Archives Project
http://WWW.ASAP.UNIMELB.EDU.AU/asa/aus-archivists/

ASA Electronic Records Special Interest Group Newsletter.
http://www.archivists.org.au/pubs/newsletters.html#ersig

E-RECS-L ListServ. This listserv is moderated by Tom Ruller of the New York State Archives and Records Administration (SARA) is the only listserv dedicated exclusively to electronic records issues. The information is a mixture of postings on archival issues and technology. More importantly, however, this the best place to post an electronic records question because there are over a thousand subscribers worldwide on this listserv. Available in digest form; can query listserv archives by subject or keyword.
To subscribe to ERECS Type "Sub ERECS-L" in the message body - do not fill in message subject line and send to listserv@uacsc2.albany.edu

RECMGMT-L ListServ. Focus on records management practices and issues.
To subscribe to RECMGMT-L, leave the subject field blank and type "SUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L [then type your full name]"' in the body of the message. Address the message to LISTSERV@LISTS.UFL.EDU