Further Reading -- This section of the bibliography contains citations for works dealing with many aspects of archival practice. Many are considered basic texts in the field, and a large number of them are available through the Publications Office of the Society of American Archivists.

Tools and Technical Resources -- This section contains citations for the various descriptive tools and standards employed in archival description. Most of these citations have direct links to sites on the web where you may obtain further information about the resources and their availability.

Further Reading

Aluri, Rao D., Alasdair Kemp, and John J. Boll. Subject Analysis in Online Catalogs. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1991.

"Archival Descriptive Standards: Establishing a Process for Their Development and Implementation: Report of the Working Group on Standards for Archival Description."  American Archivist 52 (Fall 1989).

Baca, Murtha, ed.  Introduction to Metadata: Pathways to Digital Information.  Los Angeles : Getty Information Institute, 1996.

Bearman, David A. Archival Methods. Pittsburgh: Archives & Museum Informatics, 1989.

Bearman, David A. and Richard H. Lytel. "The Power of the Principle of Provenance."  Archivaria 21 (Winter 1985-86): 14 - 27.

Bellardo, Lewis and Lynn Lady Bellardo. A Glossary for Archivists, Manuscript Curators, and Records Managers. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1992.

Chan, Lois Mai. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Principles and Applications. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1978.

Daniels, Maygene and Timothy Walch, eds. A Modern Archives Reader: Basic Readings on Archival Theory and Practice. Washington, DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1984.

Dollar, Charles M. Archival Theory and Information Technologies: The Impact of Information Technologies on Archival Principles and Methods. Ancona, Italy: University of Macerata, 1992.

Dooley, Jackie M. "Subject Indexing in Context." American Archivist 55 (Spring 1992): 344-354.

Duckett, Kenneth W. Modern Manuscripts: A Practical Manual for Their Management, Care, and Use. Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1975.

Ellis, Judith, ed. Keeping Archives. 2nd ed.  Porte Melbourne, Victoria : Australian Society of Archivists, 1993.

Ham, Gerald F. Selecting and Appraising Archives and Manuscripts. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1992.

Harrison, Donald Fisher, ed. Automation in Archives. Washington, DC: Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, 1993.

Holmes, Oliver W. "Archival Arrangement - Five Different Operations at Five Different Levels." In Maygene Daniels and Timothy Walch, eds.  A Modern Archives Reader.  Washington, DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1984, 162-180.

Hunter, Greg.  Developing and Maintaining Practical Archives.  New York: Neal Schuman Publishers, 1997.

Kesner, Richard and Lisa Weber. Automating the Archives: A Beginner's Guide.  Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1991.

Livelton, Trevor. Archival Theory, Records, and the Public. Chicago: Society of American Archivists; Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1995.

A Manual for Small Archives.  Vancouver: Archives Association of British Columbia, 1994.   http://aabc.bc.ca/aabc/publicat.html

Miller, Fredric M. Arranging and Describing Archives and Manuscripts. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1990.

Nesmith, Tom, ed. Canadian Archival Studies and the Rediscovery of  Provenance. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1992.

O'Toole, James M. Understanding Archives and Manuscripts. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1991.

Petersen, Toni and Pat Molholt, eds. Beyond the Book: Extending MARC for Subject Access. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1990.

The Principle of Provenance: First Stockholm Conference on Archival Theory and the Principle of Provenance. Stockholm: Swedish National Archives, 1994.

Ritzenhaler, Mary Lynn. Preserving Archives and Manuscripts. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1993.

Schellenberg, Theodore R. Modern Archives: Principles and Techniques.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1956. Society of American Archivists Archival Classics reprint, 1996.

Smiraglia, Richard P., ed. Describing Archival Materials: The Use of the MARC-AMC Format. New York: Haworth Press, 1990.

"Standards for Archival Description:  Background Papers." American Archivist 53 (Winter 1990).

Subject Indexing for Archives. Bureau of Canadian Archivists. Planning Committee on Descriptive Standards. Publication No. 4. Ottawa: Bureau of Canadian Archivists. 1992.

Swartrzburg, Susan. Preserving Library Materials: A Manual. 2nd ed. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1995.

Tibbo, Helen R. "The EPIC Struggle: Subject Retrieval from Large Bibliographic Databases." American Archivist 57 (Spring 1994): 310-326.

Weber, Lisa B. "Archival Description Standards: Concepts, Principles, and Methodologies." American Archivist 52 (Fall 1989): 504-513.

Yakel, Elizabeth. Starting an Archives.  Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1994.

Zinkham, Helena, Patricia D. Cloud, and Hope Mayo. "Providing Access by Form of Material, Genre, and Physical Characteristics: Benefits and Techniques." American Archivist 52 (Summer 1989): 300-319.
 

Tools and Technical Resources

Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. 2nd edition. 1988 Revisions & 1993 Amendments. [Electronic version 1.0/CD-ROM format.] Chicago: American Library Association. 1988, 1993. 

Art & Architecture Thesaurus. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. | http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/

Binding Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing. Chicago: American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, 1988. 

Encoded Archival Description.
 
General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G).  Ad hoc Committee on Descriptive Standards. Paris: International Council on Archives, 1993. 

Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing.  2nd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, 1991. 

The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Los Angeles: Getty Information Institute, Copyright, 1998.  http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/

Hensen, Steven. Archives, Personal Papers, and Manuscripts: A Cataloging Manual for Archival Repositories, Historical Societies, and Manuscript Libraries, 2nd. ed. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1990. 

Library of Congress Name Authority File. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, continuously updated. 

Library of Congress Subject Headings, 20th ed. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Office for Subject Cataloging Policy, 1993-. Annual. Also available as CDMARC Subjects. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 1988-. Quarterly, each issue cumulative.

Matters, Marion. Automated Records and Techniques in Archives: A Resource Directory. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1990. 

_____________. Introduction to the USMARC Format for Archival and Manuscripts Control. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1990. 
 

_____________.  Oral History Cataloging Manual. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1995. 
 
Paper Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing. Chicago: American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, 1990.

Parker, Elizabeth Betz, comp. Graphic Materials: Rules for Describing Original Items and Historic Collections. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1982.

Printing & Publishing Evidence: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing. Chicago: American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, 1986. 

Provenance Evidence: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing. Chicago: American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, 1988. 

Rules for Archival Description. Ottawa: Bureau of Canadian Archivists, 1990. 

SAA Directory of Archival Education 1997-98. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1997. 

Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings, 5th ed. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1996. 

Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms. Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service,  Library of Congress, 1995. 

Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II: Genre and Physical Characteristic Terms. Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1995. 

Type Evidence: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing. Chicago: American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, 1990. 

Union List of Artist  Names.  New York : G.K. Hall, 1994. http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/ulan/

USMARC Format for Authority Data. Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1993. 

USMARC Format for Bibliographic Data. Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1992-. 

Walch, Victoria Irons, comp. Standards for Archival Description: A Handbook. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1993.

White-Hensen, Wendy. Archival Moving Image Materials: A Cataloging Manual. Washington, DC:  Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, 1984.