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New tools will be added here as they are developed. Suggestions welcome.
Acquisition
- Accession form - downloadable sample includes fields and layout necessary
for a complete accession record: [RTF]
- Archives Management Software Review Report
- review of 6 programs to manage acquisition process
- Cooperative Acquisition Strategy
– policy document for province-wide coordination of acquisition
activities.
- Deed of Gift - sample deed of give needed to legally transfer archival
documents from the donor to the archival institution: [RTF]
Appraisal
- Appraisal grid - some of the questions to be asked when considering
a donation: [RTF]
Arrangement
- Project Time Guidelines - estimates for arrangement & description
projects: [PDF]
Note: time estimates for project administration not finalized
Description
- Archives Management Software Review Report
-- review of 6 programs to create and manage finding aids
- RAD Work Sheet for Graphic Materials – help for describing photographs,
artwork, etc.: [RTF]
- RAD Work Sheet for Fonds Descriptions: [RTF]
- Writing the Administrative History: [RTF]
Digitization
- Re-formatting Audio for Access - Chris Levy's presentation on digitizing
audio tape: [PDF]
- Tips for Preserving CDs and DVDs: [RTF]
Fees
- Genealogy Services and Fees in Nova Scotia 2004 Survey Results: [PDF]
Heritage Strategy
- CNSA's Brief to the Heritage Strategy Task Force, December 2005: [PDF]
Indexing
- Nova Scotia Subject Headings Authority - master list of search terms:
[PDF]
Marketing and Promotion
Oral History
- Bruce Jackson, Fieldwork (Urbana & Chicago: Univeristy
of Illinois Press, 1987).
- Edward D. Ives, The Tape Recorded Interview: A Manual for Field
Workers in Folklore & Oral History (Knoxville: University of
Tennessee Press, 1980).
- Folklife
and Fieldwork: A Layman's Introduction to Field Techniques
- Kenneth S. Goldstein, A Guide for Field Workers in Folklore
(Hatboro, PA: Folklore Associates, 1964).
- Release Form - sample [RTF]
Planning
- Membership Needs Assessment & Planning Study -- Executive Summary:
[PDF]
- Membership Needs Assessment & Planning Study -- Full Report: [PDF]
- MNAPS -- Survey Questionnaire for Institutional Members: [PDF]
- MNAPS -- Survey Questionnaire for General Members: [PDF]
Preservation
- CNSA Generic Emergency Plan - [RTF]
- CNSA Preservation Policy guidelines [RTF]
- Conservators for hire - see Resources/Links under Conservators
- Tips for Preserving CDs and DVDs - [RTF]
- Preservation Microfilm Project 2006-2007 - [RTF]
- Procedures for Depositing Colour Negatives or Colour Film in the NS
Film Preservation Cold Vault - [RTF]
- Procedures for Retrieving Colour Film from the Cold Vault - [RTF]
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06/30/2009