Acquisition, Appraisal & Accession
Now that you have established your archives' goals and purpose, long-term plans and mandate, and you have determined your available space and resources, you are ready to start bringing material into your archives. Where are you going to find archival materials? How will you determine their value and suitability for your archives? And how will you bring them under your physical and legal control? Taken from "The Manual for Small Archives" by AABC
Acquisition of Archival Materials
Book | Chapter 3 of A Manual for Small Archives by AABC
Article | Records Acquisition Strategy and its Theoretical Foundation: The Case for a Concept of Archival Hermeneutics by Richard Brown
Article | Who Controls the Past by Helen Willa Samuels
Guide | A Guide to Deed of Gift by SAA
Guide | Writing an Archival Acquisition Policy by Council of Nova Scotia Archives (with downloadable template)
Sample | Members’ Acquisition Policies by Council of Nova Scotia Archives
Sample | Acquisition Mandate by Simon Fraser University Archives
Sample | Acquisition Policy for Northern Territory Archives
Sample | Lane College Archives & RM forms
Appraising Archival Materials
Article | What is Appraisal by the National Archives
Slides | APPRAISAL: Theory and Methods by Terry Eastwood
Article | New Appraisal Techniques: The Effect of Theory on Practice by Margaret Hedstrom
Article | The Concept of Appraisal and Archival Theory by Luciana Duranti
Article | "Many are called, but few are chosen'? Appraisal Guidelines for Sampling and Selecting Case Files by Terry Cook
Article | How Goes it with Appraisal? by Terry Eastwood
Guide | Guidelines on Appraisal by ICA
Guide | Preparing for Monetary Appraisal by ACA
Sample | Appraisal Scorecard