Professional resources

 
Archival & related organizations
- Society of American Archivists (SAA)
- Society of California Archivists (SCA)
- Academy of Certified Archivists (ACA)
- Bay Area Preservation Network (BAPnet)
- American Association for State & Local History (AASLH)
- Association of Science-Technology Centers  (ASTC)
Lists & resources
- Archives & Archivists list (A&A)
- Science, Technology, and Healthcare Archives Forum (STHC)
- H-Net Discussion Networks
- Museum list
- Cultural Connections
- Archivist's Daybook
- Ready, 'Net, Go!
- Archivist's Primer
- Archives Association of British Columbia -- Online Archival Toolkit
- Rights and Reproduction Information Network (RARIN)
- RBMS Guidelines (scroll down)
- The Fictional World of Archives
Care & handling
- Conservation Online (CoOl)
- Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC)
- Regional Alliance for Preservation (RAP)
- Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records Conservation
- Henry Ford Museum's  Care and Preservation of Archival Materials
- National Park Service Conserve O Grams
- Australia Archives Advices Index
Other issues and tools
- Virtual Perpetual Calendar
- Another Perpetual Calendar
- Linear Footage Calculator
- Recording Technology History
- Office Copying & Printing Processes
- When Works Pass into the Public Domain
- When Works Pass Into the Public Domain: Copyright Term for Archivist
- Copyown:  a resource on copyright ownership for the higher education community
- WAAC Salvage at a Glance
- Guides to Quality in Visual Resource Imaging
- Keeping Our Word: Preserving Information Across the Ages
- Why Do We Need to Keep This in Print? It's on the Web
- National Information Resources Face a “Phantom Menace
- Selecting Research Collections for Digitization
On the web
- Repositories of Primary Sources
- National Union Catalog of Manuscripts Collections (NUCMC)
- Library & Archival Exhibitions on the Web
- The Online Archive of California (OAC)
- ArchivesUSA (subscription)
- Unesco Archives Portal
- In the First Person
Web design resources
- Jakob Neilsen
- The Dialectizer
Job hunting resources
(you never know where they're going to list an archives job; also check the A&A, WestArch, and Libjobs lists)
Dan Linke's "
Climbing the Ivory Tower: Landing an Archives Job in a University"

- So You Want to Be An Archivist
- SAA Employment Bulletin (updated on Thursdays)
- H-net
- AASLH Jobs Online
- SLA Jobline--San Andreas/San Francisco Bay (updated on Fridays)
- Baynet
- California Academic & Research Libraries Jobs
- HigherEd Jobs
- University of Texas School of Information JobWeb
- AIM Northern California listings
- Library Associates current job listings
- Museum Employment Resource Center (MERC)
- AAM Aviso Online
- California Association of Museums (CAM)
- Stanford University HR
Employers
I started working in archives during the summer before my senior year at Wellesley and I haven't tired of them yet. From most recent to far, far back...
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Archives & History Office
- Lane Medical Library, Stanford School of Medicine
- Stanford Law School / Stanford University Libraries
- Bank of America Corporate Archives
- Judah L. Magnes Museum, Western Jewish History Center
- Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
- Cambridge Historical Commission
- Supreme Judicial Court, Records & Archives Project
- John F. Kennedy Library
- Wellesley College, Music Library



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