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.
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 slaves by the National Archives and Records Administration.
Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Now separated into leaflets by topic.
(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
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
American Society For Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM)
National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
Photographic and Imaging Manufacturers Association:
Physical Properties and Permanence of Imaging Materials (ANSI/PIMA IT9)
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