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• Archival materials -- China
• Archival materials -- Conservation and restoration
• Archival materials -- Data processing
• Archival materials -- Deacidification
• Archival materials -- Deterioration
• Archival materials -- Digitization
• Archival materials -- Finance
• Archival materials -- Michigan
• Archival materials -- Microform catalogs
• Archival materials -- Russia
• Archival materials -- Soviet Union
• Archival materials -- United States
• Appraisal of archival materials
• Archives -- Processing
• Cataloging of archival materials
• Citation of archival materials
• Information storage and retrieval systems -- Archival materials
• Performing arts -- Archival materials

• Materials, Archival

• Introduction to Archival Organization and Description (Los Angeles: Getty Information Institute, c1998), by Michael J. Fox and Peter L. Wilkerson, ed. by Susanne R. Warren (PDF and page images with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• Imagining archives : essays and reflections by Hugh A. Taylor (Society of American Archivists and Association of Canadian Archivists in association with Scarecrow Press, 2003), by Hugh A. Taylor, Gordon Dodds, and Terry Cook (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recordfacts, our records, your responsibilities. (National Archives and Records Administration, 1986), by United States National Archives and Records Administration (page images at HathiTrust)

• Inside China's cold war (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2008), by Christian F. Ostermann, Cold War International History Project, and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Care of books, documents, prints, and films (National Bureau of Standards; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1971), by William K. Wilson and James L. Gear (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preservation papers of the 1991 SAA annual conference (Society of American Archivists, Preservation Section, 1992), by Karen Garlick and Society of American Archivists. Preservation Section (page images at HathiTrust)
• Why NARA is building the electronic records archives (National Archives and Records Administration, 2006), by United States National Archives and Records Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report by the National Bureau of Standards to the Library of Congress (National Bureau of Standards, 1953), by United States. National Bureau of Standards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Archival copies of thermofax, verifax, and other unstable records (National Archives and Records Administration, 1990), by Norvell M. M. Jones and United States National Archives and Records Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• National Arhcives [i.e. Archives] and Records Service (NARS) twenty year preservation plan (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, 1985), by Alan Calmes, Keith R. Eberhardt, Ralph Schofer, and United States National Archives and Records Service (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Strategic technology considerations relative to the preservation and storage of human and machine readable records (National Archives and Records Service], 1984), by United States. National Archives and Records Service. Committee on Preservation. Subcommittee C. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Archival storage of photographic materials (Gaylord Bros., 1997), by Gaylord (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Emery process (patented) (Emery Record Preserving Company, 1900), by Emery Record Preserving Company (page images at HathiTrust)

• The MARC format and life cycle tracking at the National Archives : a study : a report of the Archival Research and Evaluation Staff to the archivist of the United States. (National Archives and Records Administration, 1986), by United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Archival Research and Evaluation Staff (page images at HathiTrust)

• Effects of Light on Materials in Collections: Data on Photoflash and Related Sources (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2001), by Terry T. Schaeffer (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• From Dust to Digital: Ten Years of the Endangered Archives Programme (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2015), ed. by Maja Kominko (multiple formats with audio and commentary at Open Book Publishers)
• Digitization in the Real World: Lessons Learned From Small and Medium-Sized Digitization Projects (New York: Metropolitan New York Library Council, c2010), ed. by Kwong Bor Ng and Jason Kucsma (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Building and Sustaining Digital Collections: Models for Libraries and Museums (2001), by Abby Smith Rumsey (HTML at clir.org)
• Moving Theory Into Practice: Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives (Mountain View, CA: Research Libraries Group, c2000), ed. by Anne R. Kenney and Oya Y. Rieger (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Creating and Documenting Electronic Texts: A Guide to Good Practice (2000), by Alan S. Morrison, Michael Popham, and Karen Wikander (HTML in the UK)
• Digital Imaging for Photographic Collections: Foundations for Technical Standards (second edition, 2006), by Franziska S. Frey and James M. Reilly (PDF at imagepermanenceinstitute.org)
• Our Cultural Commonwealth: The Report of the American Council of Learned Societies Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences (2006), by American Council of Learned Societies (PDF with commentary at acls.org)
• Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access (2000), ed. by Maxine K. Sitts (PDF at nedcc.org)
• The NINCH Guide to Good Practice in the Digital Representation and Management of Cultural Heritage Materials, by University of Glasgow Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute and National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (HTML at NYU)

• Guidelines and procedures : applications and grants (The Commission :, 1988), by United States. National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Records Program (page images at HathiTrust)

• Special resources for research microfilmed by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service. (The Service, 1991), by Library of Congress and Library of Congress Photoduplication Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Women's studies. (Library of Congress, 1991), by Library of Congress and Library of Congress Photoduplication Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• From the Russian archives. (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1993), by Mark Kramer and Cold War International History Project (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• From the Russian archives. (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1993), by Mark Kramer and Cold War International History Project (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Success stories from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (National Historical Publications and Records Commission, National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), by United States. National Historical Publications and Records Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Your records and the National Archives and Records Administration ([The Administration], 1995), by United States National Archives and Records Administration (page images at HathiTrust)

• Appraisal and disposition policies in NARS : a report and recommendations to the Archivist of the United States on performance of the appraisal and disposition functions in the National Archives and Records Service. (National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1983), by United States. Task Force on Appraisal and Disposition of Federal Records (page images at HathiTrust)

• Introduction to Archival Organization and Description (Los Angeles: Getty Information Institute, c1998), by Michael J. Fox and Peter L. Wilkerson, ed. by Susanne R. Warren (PDF and page images with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Archival Moving Image Materials: A Cataloging Manual (based on the second edition with update 1, 2001), by Library of Congress
  • frame-dependent HTML at itsmarc.com
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• Introduction to Archival Organization and Description (Los Angeles: Getty Information Institute, c1998), by Michael J. Fox and Peter L. Wilkerson, ed. by Susanne R. Warren (PDF and page images with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• Archival moving image materials : a cataloging manual (Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, 1984), by Wendy White-Hensen and Broadcasting Library of Congress. Motion Picture (page images at HathiTrust)
• Archives & manuscripts : arrangement & description (Society of American Archivists, 1977), by David B. Gracy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalog rules. ([Springfield], 1936), by Illinois State Library. Archives Division and Edward J. Hughes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalog rules: series for archives material, Springfield, Illinois, 1938 ([Springfield], 1938), by Illinois State Library. Archives Division, Margaret Cross Norton, and Edward J. Hughes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nieuwe methoden van archiefbeheer, het Decimale registratuurstelsel. (J. Muusses, 1928), by J. Limburg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Moving image materials: a Cataloging manual (Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2000), by Wendy White-Hensen, Library of Congress. Cataloging Distribution Service, Broadcasting Library of Congress. Motion Picture, and Library of Congress. AMIM Revision Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manual of the American Jewish Archives / prepared by David M. Zielonka. (American Jewish Archives, 1961), by David M. Zielonka and American Jewish Archives (page images at HathiTrust)
• Archival moving image materials : a cataloging manual (Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, 1984), by Wendy White-Hensen and Broadcasting Library of Congress. Motion Picture (page images at HathiTrust)

• The High Technology Company: A Historical Research and Archival Guide (Minneapolis: Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, 1989), by Bruce Bruemmer and Sheldon Hocheiser (PDF at umn.edu)
• Automating the archives : issues and problems in computer applications (Published for American Society for Information Science by Knowledge Industry Publications, 1981), by Lawrence J. McCrank, American Society for Information Science. Potomac Valley Chapter, and College Park. College of Library and Information Services University of Maryland (page images at HathiTrust)
• The archives of the future : archival strategies for the treatment of electronic databases : a study of major automated databases maintained by agencies of the U.S. government (The Academy, 1991), by Elsa A. Porter, United States National Archives and Records Administration, and National Academy of Public Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Introduction to the USMARC format for archival and manuscripts control (Society of American Archivists, 1990), by Marion E. Matters and Society of American Archivists (page images at HathiTrust)
• Optical digital image storage system : project report. (National Archives and Records Administration, Archival Research and Evaluation Staff, 1991), by United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Archival Research and Evaluation Staff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Towards national information systems for archives and manuscript repositories : the National Information Systems Task Force (NISTF) papers, 1981-1984 (Society of American Archivists, 1987), by David Bearman and Society of American Archivists. Information Systems Task Force (page images at HathiTrust)
• The high-technology company : a historical research and archival guide (Charles Babbage Institute, Center for the History of Information Processing, University of Minnesota :, 1994), by Bruce Bruemmer and Sheldon Hochheiser (page images at HathiTrust)
• Implementing descriptive standards at the United Church Central Archives : : a case study in automated techniques for archives (Society of American Archivists, 1997), by Jean E. Dryden, United Church of Canada, and Society of American Archivists (page images at HathiTrust)
• Electronic records issues : a report to the Commission. (National Archives and Records Administration, 1990), by Lisa B. Weber and United States. National Historical Publications and Records Commission (page images at HathiTrust)

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