Professional Organizations
Professional Organizations for Archives and Records Management
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Archives:
Independent, nonprofit certifying organization of professional archivists.
Links to organizations, associations and groups related to or of interest to the archival profession. Page maintained by the Society of American Archivists.
International organization of professionals working in and with information technology and data services to support research and teaching in the social sciences.
Not-for-profit professional association and authority on managing records and information 鈥� paper and electronic.
Non-profit professional association established to advance the field of moving image archiving by fostering cooperation among individuals and organizations concerned with the acquisition, description, preservation, exhibition and use of moving image materials.
Listing of regional, state and local archival organizations in the United States. Information available in an alphabetical list.
Promotes the preservation and use of archives around the world. The ICA Directory is available here.
FIAF is a collaborative association of the world鈥檚 leading film archives whose purpose is to ensure the proper preservation and showing of motion pictures.
A volunteer, regional consortium of archivists who live and work in the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia, and in the District of Columbia.
Professional association dedicated to supporting government archivists and records managers.
Links to all programs affiliated with NAGARA.
North America鈥檚 oldest and largest national archival professional association.
Libraries
Mission is "To provide leadership for the development, promotion and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship."
Promotes excellence in research, teaching, and service, and provides an understanding of the values and ethos of library and information science.
Professional association of academic librarians. ACRL is a division of the American Library Association.
Nonprofit organization of 123 research libraries at comprehensive, research-extensive institutions in the U.S. and Canada.
An organization founded in 1948 to recognize and encourage scholastic achievement among library and information studies students.
Independent, nonprofit organization which works to maintain and improve access to information.
Division of the Library of Congress whose mission is to foster excellence in federal library and information services through interagency cooperation.
International body representing the interests of library and information services and their users.
Promotes, develops, and aids in the implementation of library and information technology. LITA is a division of the American Library Association.
Preservation & Conservation:
Establishes and upholds professional standards, promotes research and publications, provides educational opportunities, and fosters the exchange of knowledge among conservators, allied professionals, and the public.
Full text library of conservation information, covering a wide spectrum of topics of interest to those involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials.
Provides information about the programs and services in preservation available through the libraries of Harvard University and Harvard College.
Mission is to assure long-term, uninterrupted access to the intellectual content of the Library鈥檚 collections, either in original or reformatted form. Provides conservation, binding and repair, reformatting, materials testing, and staff and user education.
Nonprofit organization created by the U.S. Congress to help save America鈥檚 film heritage; supports activities nationwide that preserve American films and improve film access for study, education, and exhibition.
Mission is to improve the conservation efforts of libraries, archives, historical organizations, museums, and other repositories.
Standards:
Oversees the creation, promulgation and use of thousands of norms and guidelines.
A voluntary standards development organization, a source for technical standards for materials, products, systems, and services.
Non-profit organization focused on helping users to understand the challenges associated with managing documents, content, records, and business processes.
Identifies, develops, maintains, and publishes technical standards to manage information.