Collection Development
Developed by the Wisconsin Historical Records Advisory Board, Creating a Collection Development Policy for Local Historical Records in Public Libraries is an excellent resource that is useful well beyond Wisconsin. The manual provides definitions, model policies, and guidelines.
Developed by the Wisconsin Historical Records Advisory Board, Creating a Collection Development Policy for Historical Records complements Creating a Collection Development Policy for Local Historical Records in Public Libraries. The manual is useful for historical societies looking to develop a systematic approach to collecting.
Arrangement and Description
Introduction to Archival Organization and Description: Access to Cultural Heritage. This site, funded by the Getty Trust, is a comprehensive online guide to the theory and practice of arrangement and description.
Terry Abraham. Practical Processing: Arrangement and Description. This document, though over a decade old, is useful as it is written from a practitioner's perspective.
This link leads to selected finding aids created at the University of Vermont and the St. Johnsbury (VT) Archives Collaborative. The site contains finding aids to town records, church records, and the records of small organizations. Very useful in looking at some guides created for local history collections.
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