We will be adding resources, links and items of interest here over time.

Useful Links

Practical Guides for Small archives and Community Groups

• Keeping Archives (3rd Edition)
  (This is a practical guide “which addresses the real life challenges of working with archives” . It is published by the Australian Society of Archivists and may be purchased online.)
• National Library of Australia – For Community Groups
  (This page contains links to two useful guides for beginners 1. Preserving Australia’s Documentary Heritage: A Starter Kit for Community Groups and 2.Preserving Australia’s Multicultural Documentary Heritage.)

Conservation

• State Records NSW – Preservation Work
  (Visit this page for information about the preservation work being carried out on State Records collection.)
• The Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM)
  (This page provides information about Conservation and how to hire the right Conservator for you.)
• National Archives of Australia – Preserving Physical Records
  (This page coninues useful to links to information about the preservation of different  types of physical formats of records.)

Descriptive Standards

• Describing Archives in Context: A Guide to Australasian Practice
  (This guide is produced by the Australian Society of Archivists and explains the Series System of archival description. It contains examples from both small and large archives.)
• ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second edition
  (This standard provides general guidance for the preparation of archival descriptions.)
• ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families, Second edition
  (This standard provides guidance for the preparation of descriptions of entities such as coporate bodies, persons anf families associated with the creation and maintenance of archives.)

Digitisation

• Digitising your collection – introductory five-part blog series here on Archives Outside
  • Also available to download as PDF
• Getty Museum – Introduction to Imaging
• Dublin core metadata initiative
• National Library of Australia – Digitisation Project Care and handling Guidelines
• NARA (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration) Digitisation guidelines
• National Library Australia  – Image capture standards
• New Zealand Archives – Images capture standards
• State Records NSW – Guideline 25. Managing digitisation programs and projects.

Managing local collections

• Managing local collections – useful resources and samples – guest post here on Archives Outside by Christine Yeats covering: storage; developing collection policies; arranging and describing collections; conservation and preservation; databases; digitisation and access policies.

Photographs – tip for dating

• Our community generated list of tips  for dating photos (PDF) – updated Oct 2011

Useful collection networks

• Arts NSW
  (This is the website of the NSW Governments arts funding and policy body. It contains useful information about funding and opportunities.)
• Museums and Galleries NSW
  (Museums and Galleries NSW support  and promote the development of regional, community and public museums and galleries across NSW. The website contains information about grants as well as some useful fact sheets on a range of topics in the Resources section.)
• Collections Australia Network – Australian cultural heritage collections online
  (CAN provides online public search access, professional development resources and links to the Australian collections sector.)