Professional Organizations
There are many organzations of professionals and many organizations dedicated to the professional development of those in the archival field.
Organizations of Archives Professionals
Archives and related professions training
Academy of Certified Archivists
Associated Organizations & Associations
Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA)
Association of Records Managers and Administrators, Inc. (ARMA)
Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology (IASSIST)
Directory of Regional, State and Local Archival Organizations in the United States
International Council on Archives (ICA)
The ICA Directory is available here.
List of Professional Associations and Discussion Lists
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC)
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC): DC Caucus
National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA)
National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA) Members' Web Sites
Organizations of Preservationists and Conservators
Freedman's Bureau Preservation Project
(Prologue Summer 2002)
Reginald Washington's article on the preservation of post-Civil War era records documenting the federal government's assistance to newly freed slavess by the National Archives and Records Administration.
Preservation of library and archival materials: a manual
(Edited by Sherelyn Ogden, for the Northeast Document Conservation Center).
The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
Conserve-O-Grams
(Technical leaflets about conservation and preservation from the National Park Service.)
Library of Congress Preservation
National Film Preservation Board
Standards Organizations