Directory of Miscellaneous Resources

Personal Archives

• Caring for Your Own Archival Collection
• (Archives of Ontario)
• How long should you keep your income tax records?
• (Canada Revenue Agency)
• Personal Archives Preservation Guide
• (Provincial Archives of Alberta)
• Preserving my Heritage
• (from the Canadian Conservation Institute)
• Que faire avec vos documents personnels?
• (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec)

Rights Issues and Documents

• Access to Information Act ( R.S. 1985, c. A-1 )
• Bill C-61
• (An Act to amend the Copyright Act)
• Fact Sheets for the proposed legislation
• Copyright Act (Canada): consolidated statute (unofficial)
• Copyright Reform Process
• (Industry Canada / Dept. of Canadian Heritage: consultation papers, etc.)
• Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
• (Bill C-6, Second Session, Thirty-sixth Parliament, House of Commons)
• Press Release, 15 October 1999 (Industry Canada)
• Task Force on Electronic Commerce (Industry Canada)
• This bill has received royal assent
• Uniform Electronic Evidence Act
• Consultation Paper, March 1997
• Uniform Law Conference of Canada
• World Intellectual Property Organization

Oral History Resources

• A Guide to Recording Oral History
• (from the New Zealand History Online website)
• An Oral History Instruction Manual
• (from the New Mexico State University & Panther Achievement Center)
• Assistance with Oral History Projects
• (from the University of New South Wales)
• Canadian Oral History Blog
• (at the University of Winnipeg)
• Center for the Study of History and Memory
• (from Indiana University)
• Centre for Community and Oral History
• (Institute for Community Studies and Oral History, Nipissing University)
• Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling
• (at Concordia University)
• Digital Audio Field Recording Equipment Guide
• (from the Vermont Folklife Center)
• FOLKLIFE AND FIELDWORK: A Layman's Introduction to Field Techniques
• (from the Library of Congress)
• Introduction to Oral History
• (from the Baylor University - Institute for Oral History)
• Oral History Centre
• (at the University of Winnipeg)
• Oral Traditions Manual
• (from the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre)
• Step-by-Step Guide to Oral History
• (was developed and maintained by the Film Study Center at Harvard University )
• The Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide
• (from the Smithsonian Centre for Folklife and Oral Heritage)
• U.S. Army Guide to Oral History
• Using Oral History
• (from the Alberta Online Encyclopedia - Teacher Resources)

Documents and Records Keeping

• Guide de gestion des archives d'entreprises
• (du Réseau des services d'archives du Québec)
• How archives organize their holdings.
• (from the Association of Canadian Archivists)
• Keeping Records
• (Canada Revenue Agency)

Other

• A Manual for Small Archives
• (Archives Association of British Columbia)
• Archiving Electronic Records: Some Website Resources
• (ACA Special Interest Section on Electronic Records)
• Archivists' Toolkit Project
• Basic RAD
• (Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists)
• Basic RAD, An introduction to the preparation of fonds- and series-level descriptions
• (by Jeff O'Brien, SCA Outreach Archivist )
• Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials
• (Digital Library Federation )
• Canadian Communications Foundation
• Canadian Conservation Institute
• Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board
• Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada
• First Nationals Record Keeping Issues: A Brief Resource Guide
• (Prepared by the ACA Special Interest Section on Aboriginal Archives)
• Guide de gestion des archives de maisons d'édition
• (publication de: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec)
• Housing Memory Conference Proceedings
• (Faculty of Information Quarterly - University of Toronto)
• InterPARES: International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems
• InterPARES 2 Project book
• (downloadable e-version of the complete book or individual files for each chapter/part and appendix)
• Managing Your Congregation's Records
• (United Church of Canada)
• Preserving Communities: A Guide to Archiving for Community Organizations
• (from the Halifax Regional Municipality Archives )
• Provenance: The Web Magazine for Information Professionals
• Researching the Indian Land Question in B.C.: An Introduction to Research Strategies and Archival Research for Band Researchers
• Rules for Archival Description
• (Canadian Council of Archives)
• The Archivist's Toolkit
• (Archives Association of British Columbia)
• The AV Preservation Trust .CA
• The Canadian Archivist Blog
• (Open community blog for Canadian Archivists for discussion of issues pertaining to Archives today.)
• The Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries (CIDL)
• The Fictional World of Archives
• (maintained by David Mattison)
• The Role of the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada
• (Report by Dr. John English)
• The Ten Thousand Year Blog
• (weblog re electronic records and digital preservation)
• The Twenty-First Century Agora: A Survey of the Attitudes of Canadian Archival Policy-Makers to User Fees
• (Steve Zoltai)
• Thompson-Okanagan Records Survey
• University of British Columbia Research Project: "The Protection of the Integrity of Electronic Records"
• Using Archives: A Practical Guide for Researchers
• (a publication from Library and Archives Canada)