Helps groups to review and develop their collections.
A set of one-page guidelines on topics such as writing a collections policy, your relationship with a donor, and completing an accessions form.
The Community Archive Cataloguing Guidelines. A guide to professional catalogue standards.
A comprehensive and well-organised guide for community archives, covering topics from Collections Care to Legal Matters.
Guidance on collecting archives, cataloguing archives, oral history and digitisation.
Guidance and links to help understand GDPR.
A community archives toolkit from Norfolk Record Office
A detailed guide covering the most common copyright questions
A guide through the various complexities of copyright for Archivists.
A guide by the Scottish Council on Archives about how to create educational activities from archive records.
Advice for heritage groups about using crowdsourcing to raise funds
Government guidance for volunteers on applying for Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks
A summary of data protection responsibilities for small, volunteer-run community groups.
A toolkit by The National Archives to help archives develop how they use their collections to tell stories online and engage audiences in different ways.
Aimed at a wider audience from beginners to experienced practitioners. Cited in Digital Preservation for Community Archives, which is best to read first.
A guide to provide a practical introduction to digital preservation for community archives.
Provides an overview of digital objects and digital preservation, a step by step guide to getting started and more detailed guidance.
A good, accessible overview of how to set about archiving your own group’s activities as an organisation
Guidance to help you keep your digital content safe for as long as necessary.
Sean Rippington, Digital Archives and Copyright Manager at Special Collections, University of St Andrews Library, gives an introduction for community archives thinking about managing their digital collections.
Advice from the Heritage Fund on digital guidance.
A step-by-step overview of the digitisation process.
