Educating Archivists and their Constituencies
Electronic Records Resources

PRINT RESOURCES

Dollar, Charles M. Authentic Electronic Records: Strategies for Long-Term Access. Chicago: Cohasset Associates, 2000.

Hunter, Gregory S. Preserving Digital Information: A How-To-Do-It Manual. How-To-Do-It Manuals for Librarians, no. 93. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2000.

Saffady, William. Managing Electronic Records. 2d ed. Prairie Village, KS: ARMA International, 1998.

INTRODUCTION TO ARCHIVAL THEORY

Introduction to Archival Organization and Description: Access to Cultural Heritage.
[By Fox, Michael J. and Peter L. Wilkerson]
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/standards/introarchives

INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC RECORDS

DLM Forum, Guidelines on Best Practices for Using Electronic Information.
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/dlm/documents/guidelines.html

International Council on Archives, Committee on Electronic Records. Guide for Managing Electronic Records from an Archival Perspective. February 1997.
http://www.ica.org/biblio/cer/guide_eng.html

Keeping Electronic Records: Issues and Strategies.
[Provenance: the Electronic Magazine, March 1996. By O'Shea, Greg]
http://www.provenance.ca/1995-2000backissues/vol1/no2/features/erecs1a.htm

Media Longevity: Are We Losing The Preservation Fight?
http://www.papercom.org/research/disks.htm

Minnesota Historical Society (MHS), State Archives Department. Trustworthy Information Systems Handbook. Version 2, August 2000.
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/records/tis/tis.html

Minnesota Historical Society, State Archives Department. Electronic Records Management Guidelines. August 2001.
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/records/electronicrecords/erguidelines.html

ELECTRONIC RECORDS PROJECTS

Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, State University of New York. Models for Action: Developing Practical Approaches to Electronic Records Management and Preservation.
http://www.ctg.albany.edu/projects/er/ermn.html

Indiana University Archives. Electronic Records Project. 1995-1997, 2000-2002.
http://www.indiana.edu/~libarch/ER/

InterPARES Project: International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems.
http://www.interpares.org/

UNITED STATES INITIATIVES

Guidelines for Electronic Records Management on State and Federal Agency Websites.
[By McClure, Charles R. and J. Timothy Sprehe, Ph.D.]
http://istweb.syr.edu/~mcclure/guidelines.html

Kansas Department of Administration, Electronic Records Committee.
http://da.state.ks.us/itab/erc/

Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Electronic Records Initiative.
http://www.mdah.state.ms.us/arlib/erglnav.html

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Fast Track Guidance Development Project
http://www.archives.gov/records_management/policy_and_guidance/fast_track.html

The goal of the Fast Track Guidance Development Project is "To identify currently available 'best practices' and provide guidance quickly on electronic records issues that urgently confront Federal record keepers now--information that can be used while work goes forward on developing more complete and longer-term solutions." The Fast Track Project has a series of completed products, which serve to meet this goal: Overview: Context for Electronic records Management [ERM]; What is Electronic Recordkeeping [ERK]?; Preliminary Planning for Electronic Recordkeeping: Checklist for IT Staff; and Preliminary Planning for Electronic Recordkeeping: Checklist for RM Staff.

Nevada State Library and Archives, Electronic Records Committee.
http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/NSLA/records/nerc/

Ohio Historical Society, Electronic Records Committee.
http://www.ohiojunction.net/erc/

INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES

Great Britain: Public Records Office. Management, Appraisal and Preservation of Electronic Records: Volume I- Principles, Volume II-Procedure.
http://www.pro.gov.uk/recordsmanagement/erecords/guidelines/default.htm

National Archives of Australia, Recordkeeping Program.
http://www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/default.html

The web page of the National Archives of Australia, Recordkeeping Program offers many links on numerous topics. Of particular interest may be Keeping Electronic Records; Managing Electronic Records: A Shared Responsibility; Keeping Web-based Records; and the Electronic Records Bibliography all found under the link to Electronic Records.

Public Record Office, State of Victoria, Australia. Victorian Electronic Records Strategy.
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/vers/welcome.htm

RESOURCE LISTS

Kansas State Historical Society, Electronic Recordkeeping Resources.
http://www.kshs.org/government/records/electronic/ermlinks.htm

MHS, State Archives Department. Metadata Resources List. September 2002.
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/records/meta.html

Preserving Access to Digital Information (PADI), General Resources. April 2001.
http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/topics/1.html

UKOLN: The UK Office for Library and Information Networking. Preservation of Electronic Information: A Bibliography, December 2000.
[Compiled by Day, Michael]
http://homes.ukoln.ac.uk/%7Elismd/preservation.html

Utah Archives and Record Service, Electronic Records Resource List.
http://www.archives.state.ut.us/recmanag/electronic.htm

01 April 2003

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