Terminology

• Dictionary of Archives Terminology. Society of American Archivists.
• Introduction to Archival Terminology. Maygene F. Daniels, National Archives and Records Administration, 1984.
• Glossary of Records Management Terms. United Nations, Archives and Records Management Section.
• Glossary of Terms. International Records Management Trust, 2009.
• InterPARES Glossary. InterPARES 1 Project, 2008.

Establishing Archives

• Thoughts on Establishing Foundation Archives. Richard J. Kaplan, Establishing Foundation Archives: A Reader and Guide to First Steps, January 1991. Council on Foundations.
• Planning a New Repository. National Archives UK. Accessed 2025.
• Engaging with Wider Agendas. Community Archives Development Group, National Council on Archives, UK, 2014.
• Guidelines for College and University Archives. Society of American Archivists, 2023.
• Identifying and specifying requirements for offsite storage of physical records. National Archives UK, 2009.
• Institutional Guidelines for Archives. Canadian Council of Archives, 2001.
• Managing and Preserving Community Archives. National Library of New Zealand, 2005.
• Medical Archives: Answers…And Questions. Barbara L. Craig, Archivaria 43, Spring 1997.

Ethics in Archives

• SAA Core Values Statement and Code of Ethics, revised August 2020. Society of American Archivists.
• AASLH Statement of Standards and Ethics. American Association for State and Local History, 2002.
• ICA Code of Ethics. International Council on Archives, 1996.
• Archival Ethics: The Truth of the Matter. Richard Cox, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2008.
• Removing the Shroud of Secrecy: Making Government More Transparent and Accountable. David S. Ferriero, National Archives and Records Administration, 2010.
• An Enforceable Code Of Ethics: Why Archivists Should Be Demanding One. Paul Morris, 2010.
• Archival Ethics. Jan-Christopher Horak, UCLA Film and Television Archive, 2011.
• The Safeguarding of the Audiovisual Heritage: Ethics, Principles and Preservation Strategy. International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives, 2017.
• Codes of Ethics for Historians, Archaeologists and Archivists, updated Oct. 20, 2025. Network of Concerned Historians.
• Ethical Issues in Conservation. Conservation OnLine.
• Keeping an Account: The Role of Archives and Archivists in Accountability. Heather Bristol, University of Oregon, 2004.

General Tools

• The Archivist, the Letter, and the Spirit. Hugh Taylor, Archivaria 43, Spring 1997.
• Basic Archives Processing Manual for Student Employees and Volunteers. Tomaro I. Taylor, University of South Florida, 2010.
• Jenkinson and Schellenberg: A Comparison. Richard Stapleton, Archivaria 17, Winter 1983-84.
• Manual for Small Archives, partially revised 1994. Archives Association of British Columbia.
• A Manual of Archive Administration. Sir Hilary Jenkinson, 1922.
• Meeting the Challenge of Contemporary Records: Does it Require a Role Change for the Archivist? Luciana Duranti, The American Archivist 63, Spring 2000.
• NAGARA Resource Library. National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators.
• New Skills for a Digital Era. Richard Pearce-Moses, Society of American Archivists, 2006.
• So You Want to be an Archivist. Society of American Archivists.
• The Past that Archives Keep: Memory, History, and the Preservation of Archival Records. Brien Brothman, Archivaria 51, Spring 2001.
• The Power of Archives: Archivists’ Values and Value in the Post-Modern Age. Mark Greene, 2010.
• Processing Manual for Archival and Manuscript Collections. University Archives and Special Collections, Joseph P. Healey Library, University of Massachusetts Boston, 2021.
• Selected Guidelines for the Management of Records and Archives. UNESCO RAMP reader, 1990.
• SPEC Kits. Association of  Research Libraries.
• Touchstones: Considering the Relationship Between Memory and Archives. Laura Millar, Archivaria 61, Spring 2006.
• What is a Record in the Traditional Environment? InterPARES 1 Project.
• What is Archival Theory and Why is it Important? Terry Eastwood, Archivaria 37, Spring 1994.
• What’s Past is Prologue: a History of Archival Ideas Since 1898, and the Future Paradigm Shift. Terry Cook, Archivaria 43, Spring 1997.

Authenticity, Reliability, and Trustworthiness of Records

• Archival Authenticity in a Digital Age. Peter B. Hirtle, Council on Library and Information Resources, 2000.
• Assessment of the Trustworthiness of Digital Records. Ma, Abie, Skramstad, and Nygard, International Federation for Information Processing, 2011.
• Authenticity in a Digital Environment. Cullen, Hirtle, Levy, Lynch & Rothenberg, Council on Library and Information Resources, 2000.
• Authenticity/Authentication Definitions and Sources. Seth Dalby, InterPARES 2 Project, 2004.
• The Long Term Preservation of Authentic Electronic Records: Findings of the InterPARES Project. Luciana Duranti, September 2001.
• Preservation of the Integrity of Electronic Records. Duranti, Eastwood, MacNeil, InterPARES 1 Project.
• Reliability and Authenticity: The Concepts and Their Implications. Luciana Duranti, Archivaria 39, Spring 1995.
• Requirements for Assessing and Maintaining the Authenticity of Electronic Records. InterPARES 1 Project.
• Trusting Records in a Modern World. Heather MacNeil, Archivaria 51, Spring 2001.
• Trusting records: the evolution of legal, historical, and diplomatic methods of assessing the trustworthiness of records from antiquity to the digital age. Heather MacNeil, 1999.
• What is an Authentic Record in the Traditional Environment? UBC Project, InterPARES 1.