Cosma / Communication / Knowledge / Form / Preservation / Archive
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Introduction1
Archivearchives (YouTube Channel)
Dictionary
archive : a repository or collection especially of information — Merriam-Webster See also OneLook
Thesaurus
Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords
Glossary
Dictionary of Archives Terminology (Society of American Archivists)
Encyclopedia
Archive is an accumulation of historical records or the physical place they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization’s lifetime, and are kept to show the function of that person or organization. Professional archivists and historians generally understand archives to be records that have been naturally and necessarily generated as a product of regular legal, commercial, administrative, or social activities. In general, archives consist of records that have been selected for permanent or long-term preservation on grounds of their enduring cultural, historical, or evidentiary value. Archival records are normally unpublished and almost always unique, unlike books or magazines for which many identical copies exist. This means that archives are distinct from libraries with regard to their functions and organization, although archival collections can often be found within library buildings. — Wikipedia
Archives (Encyclopædia Britannica)
What are Archives (Society of American Archivists)
Finding Aid is a document containing information about a collection of records. Finding aids often consist of a documentary inventory and description of the records, their source, and their structure. It serves the purpose of locating specific information within a collection. Finding aids in the 19th and 20th centuries were paper documents, but now they can be created in electronic formats. The standard machine-readable format for manuscript collection finding aids is Encoded Archival Description. — Wikipedia
CU Boulder Libraries (YouTube Channel)
CU Boulder Libraries (Official Website)
How to Read a Finding Aid (Purdue Libraries)
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Preservation
History
The History of Archives: The State of the Discipline (Elizabeth Hale, JSTOR)
Archive
ArchiveGrid includes over 7 million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. With over 1,400 archival institutions represented, ArchiveGrid helps researchers looking for primary source materials held in archives, libraries, museums and historical societies. — Archive Grid, OCLC
Library
DDC: 025 Library and Archival Science (Library Thing)
Subject: Archives (Library Thing)
Subject: Archives (Open Library)
LCC: CD 950 – Archives (UPenn Online Books)
Subject: Archives (UPenn Online Books)
LCC: CD 950 – Archives (Library of Congress)
Subject: Archives (Library of Congress)
Participation
Using Archives: A Guide to Effective Research (Laura Schmidt, Society of American Archivists)
Education
Directory of Archival Education (Society of American Archivists)
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
Community
Occupation
A person who works in archives is called an archivist.The physical place of storage can be referred to as an archive (more usual in the UK), an archives (more usual in the USA), or a repository. — Wikipedia
CareerOneStop, YouTube Channel (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration)
CareerOneStop, Official Website (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration)
Archivists (CareerOneStop, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration)
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Workers (Occupational Outlook Handbook, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
So You Want to Be an Archivist (Society of American Archivists)
Organization
International Council on Archives (ICA)
Society of American Archivists (SAA)
National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA)
Directory of Archival Organizations in the United States and Canada (Society of American Archivists)
Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC)
News
ICA Newsletters (International Council on Archives)
The American Archivist (Society of American Archivists)
Archival Science: International Journal on Recorded Information
Archives (JSTOR)
Archive (NPR Archives)
Book
Government
National Archives and Records Administration (Official Website)
National Archives and Records Administration (Wikipedia)
Document
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Here are links to pages about closely related subjects.
Preservation Stewardship
History Collection (Classification)
Museum Objects (CCO)
Archive Records (EAD)
Library Resources (DDC, LCC)
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1. The resources on this page are are organized by a classification scheme developed exclusively for Cosma.