Canada, Archives Bibliography (National Institute)

Laura Miller Coles. A manual for small archives. Small Archives Committee Association of British Columbia Archivists, 1988.

James Edward Cross, “Archival reference: state of the art,” The reference librarian, no. 56 (1997), page 5 [also published in Laura B. Cohen, editor, Reference services for archives and manuscripts, Haworth Press, 1997, page 5].

Terry Eastwood. “Public service education for archivists,” The reference librarian, no. 56 (1997), page 27 [also published in Laura B. Cohen, editor, Reference services for archives and manuscripts, Haworth Press, 1997, page 27].

Judith Ellis, editor. Keeping archives. 2nd ed. Thorpe in association with the Australian Society of Archivists, 1993.

Susan Grigg. “The tyranny of the information source: archives from the general reference desk,” PNLA quarterly, v. 61, no. 4 (Summer 1997), page 20.

F. Gerald Ham. Selecting and appraising archives and manuscripts. Society of American Archivists, 1993.

Gregory S. Hunter. Developing and maintaining practical archives: a how-to-do-it manual. Neal-Schuman Publishers, c1997.

Gregory S. Hunter. Preserving digital information: a how-to-do-it manual. Neal-Schuman, 2000.

William L. Joyce, “Archivists and research use,” American archivist, v. 47, no. 2 (Spring 1984), page 124.

Fredric M. Miller. Arranging and describing archives and manuscripts. Society of American Archivists, 1990.

Mary Jo Pugh. Providing reference services for archives and manuscripts. Society of American Archivists, 1992.

Patrick M. Quinn. “The surge of interest in genealogy reflects a populist strand in society with important implications for our culture,” The chronicle of higher education, 22 May 1991, page B2.

Gail R. Redmann, “Archivists and genealogists: the trend toward peaceful coexistence,” Archival issues, v. 18, no. 2 (1993), page 121.

Rules for archival description, prepared under the direction of the Planning Committee on Descriptive Standards, a committee of the Bureau of Canadian Archivists, representing l’Association des archivistes du Québec, the Association of Canadian Archivists. The Bureau of Canadian Archivists, 1990- [loose leaf] In 2001, the Canadian Council of Archives published a handbook for the use of RAD, RAD revealed: a basic primer to the Rules for archival description, by Wendy Duff.

Janice E. Ruth, “Educating the reference archivist,” American archivist, v. 51, no. 3 (Summer 1988), page 266.

T. R. Schellenberg. Modern archives; principles and techniques. Society of American Archivists, c1996. Although this was published in 1956, it is regarded as a classic and is among the first sources mentioned when archivists are asked for introductory tools.

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