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Appendix 2: Select Bibliography for Academic Archivists

Periodicals — American Archivist and Archival Outlook (Society of American Archivists), Archivaria (Association of Canadian Archivists), Archival Issues (Midwest Archives Conference), Provenance (Society of Georgia Archivists), and Records and Information Management Report (Greenwood Publishing Group).

  • Birnbaum, Robert, How Colleges Work: The Cybernetics of Academic Organization and Leadership, (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1989).
  • Craig, Barbara L., ed. The Archival Imagination: Essays in Honour of Hugh A. Taylor (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Association of Canadian Archivists).
  • Dojka, John and Sheila Conneen, "Records Management as an Appraisal Tool in College and University Archives," (19-59) in Peace, Nancy E., ed., Archival Choices: Managing the Historical Record in an Age of Abundance (Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1984).
  • Ham, F. Gerald, Selecting and Appraising Archives and Manuscripts (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1993).
  • Maher, William J., The Management of College and University Records (Metuchen, NJ: The Society of American Archivists and Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1992).
  • Miller, Frederic M., Arranging and Describing Archives and Manuscripts (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1990).
  • O'Toole, James M., Understanding Archives and Manuscripts (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1990).
  • Penn, Ira A., Records Management Handbook (Brookfield, VT: Ashgate, 1994).
  • Pugh, Mary Jo, Providing Reference Services for Archives and Manuscripts (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1992).
  • Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn, Preserving Archives and Manuscripts (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1993).
  • Robek, Mary F., Information and Records Management (New York: Glencoe, 1995).
  • Skupsky, Donald S., Records Retention Procedures and Recordkeeping Requirements (Denver: Information Requirements Clearinghouse, 1994).
  • Stephens, David O. and Roderick C. Wallace, Electronic Records Retention: An Introduction (Prairie Village, KS: ARMA International, 1997).
  • Whaley, John H., Jr., "Digitizing History," American Archivist 57:4 (Fall 1994): 660-72.
  • Wilsted, Thomas and William Nolte, eds., Managing Archival and Manuscript Repositories (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1991).
  • Yakel, Elizabeth and Laura L. Bost, "Understanding Administrative Use and Users in University Archives," American Archivist 57 (Fall 1994): 596-615.

 

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