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Records Management, Museums and Related Subjects

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Lists By Subject
Archives General | Records Management | Museums | Conservation | Diaster Planning | Description | Indexing | Information Technologies | Film, Photo, Image | Health | Music | Numismatics | Map | Other Archives | Sister Fields

Lists By Country
Australia | Belgium | Brazil | Canada | Europe | France | Germany | Hong Kong | Italy | Japan | Middle East | Netherlands | New Zealand | Scotland | Spain | Sweden | Türkiye | UK | USA |

 

Foreword

The lists of relevance to archives and records management profession (and those related to Turkish history) are listed below. For more information about the list, please click on its name.

Please note that information about some of the lists is missing. In most of the cases, this is because the administrator of the list have not cared to respond to the questionnaire I have sent.

If you see any list that you are aware of missing from what you see below, please mailto:webadmin '*at*' archimac.org to let me know and I will add it as soon as I can.

If you have got a list yourself that is missing, please spare a moment to fill in my questionnaire and mailto:webadmin '*at*' archimac.org. You can just copy and paste the page (or save as text to your hard disk, if you like) and send it in an e-mail.

Subscription Procedure

There are several mailing lists on the internet relating to archives and records management. The general procedure to subscribe to these is to send an e-mail to the relevant address for subscription with

subscribe ListName YourName YourSurName

as the message. Here you have to substitute Listname with the name of the list and YourName and YourSurName with your Name and Surname. What you write to the subject of the message is unimportant.

Some listserving software work without the YourName and YourSurname parametres. With this type of software, you just send

subscribe ListName

as the message. Typical example to this type of software is Majordomo.

If you encounter any problems or need asistance, just send HELP as the message to the subscription address.

The List of Lists

Archives General
ARCHIVES [& ARCHIVISTS]: Archives administration - General
ARCHIVE: Archive discussion
ARCHIVE-EDUCATE: Forum for Archival Educators
ICA-L: International Council on Archives
ICAEDS: International Council on Archives Education subjects
INTEROPERABILITY: Interoperability of Computer Systems in Memory Organisations
LIS-FID: International Federation for Information and Documentation
PROGARCHS: Progressive Archivists
OAIS: Open Archival Information Systems
ALARM-L: Libraries/Archives/Records Management education & training (Inactive)

Records Management
RECMGMT: Records Management
ICRM-L: Institute of Certified Records Managers List
ACT-KM: Public Sector Knowledge Management
KM: Knowledge Management
KMForum: Knowledge Management Forum
LIS-CILIP: Certified Institute of Library and Information Professionals List
RIM-PORTAL: Records and Information Management
RM-EJournal: Records management electronic journal
RMOF: Records Management Online Forums
ISO9000: ISO9000
 

Museums


 

SUBJECT SPECIFIC

Conservation Matters
CONSDIST: Conservation
CONSERVA-LISTA: Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Properties [in Spanish]
Conservation-Research: Conservation-Research Group
Conservation-NCCR: National Council for Conservation-Restoration
FRAMECONNEWS: Conservation Framers' Newsgroup
CTSP: Conservation Technology [Defunct]
ICOM-CC: International Council of Museums (ICOM) Conservation Committee
PADG: Preservation Administrators Discussion Group
PHOTOCONSERVATION: Preservation of Photographic Materials
PMD: Pest Management Database
SAAPRESERVATION: Society of American Archivists Preservation Section
TEXCONS: Textile Conservation

Disaster Planning
BCP: Business Continuity Planning
CONTINUITY: Business Continuity
DPRA: Diaster Prevention and Recovery Alliance
IAEM-L: International Association of Emergency Managers
TimeCapsule: Time Capsules

Description Matters
Collection-Description: Collection-Description (UK)
EAD: Encoded Archival Description (LC)
LCSH-AMC: Library of Congress Subject Headings - Archives and Manuscripts Control
MSACCESS4ARCHIVES: Using Microsoft Access for archival purposes
RADMEMO: Archival Description Standards
LibNetCat Internet resource cataloguing and/or web guide creation.
XML4LIB: XML and its use in Libraries

Indexing
UNESCO-Thesaurus: UNESCO-Thesaurus

Information Technologies
AIfIA-Announce: Asilomar Institue for Information Architecture
ARCHIVISTS: Digital archives
ASIS-L: American Society for Information Science
CULTIVATE-LIST: European Union Information Society Technologies Programme
DATA-PROTECTION: Data protection
DIGICULT: e-Culture: a newsletter on cultural content and digital heritage
DIGICULT_Info: Digital Technologies for the Cultural Heritage Sector
DIGITAL-PRESERVATION: Digital Preservation
E-DOCS: Historical documents on the Internet
ERECS-L: Management of electronic records
HISTORICAL-DIGITISATION: Digitisation of Historical Material
ICA-ITC-L: International Council on Archives, Information Technology Committee
LUII: Library User Interface Issues
NOF-DIGI: New Opportunities Fund - Digitisation Funding
PADIFORUM-L: Preserving Access to Digital Information
PADI-L: PADI International Advisory Group
SAA-ERS: Society of American Archivists Electronic Records Section
SIGIA-L: Designing information architecture
VERS: Victorian Electronic Records Strategy (Australia)
WEB4LIB: Library-based WWW servers and clients
WebArchive: Web archives

Film, Photo and Image Archives
AMIA-L: Association of Moving Image Archivists
ARCHIVE-L: Society for Cinema Studies Archive
AVMM: Audio-Visual Media Matters
IMAGE-L: Image processing & applications (Defunct)
IMAGELIB: Image processing projects
FIAF-Roundtable: International Federation of Film Archives
JFA: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archives
MOVIEARCHIVE: Internet Movie Archives
MICROFORMS: Microform, microfilm, microfich applications
MICROLINK-L: Preservation microfilming
PHOTOCONSERVATION: Preservation of Photographic Materials
PHOTOHST: History of photography (Defunct)
PHOTOHST2: History of photography
PhotoHistory: History of photography
SEPIA-LST: Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access
VISUALMAT: Visual materials
VRA-L: Visual Resources Association

Health Archives
ADBS-SANTE:l'Association des Professionnelles de l'Information et de la Documentation; le secteur Sante (France)
ALHSS-L:Archivists and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences
MEDARC: Health and medicine record keeping
STAMA: Science, Technology and Medicine Archives
STHC-L: Science, Technology, and Health Care Archives Forum

Music Archives
CIMCIM-L: Musical Instrument Museum Discussion List
IAML-L: International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centers
MLA-L: Music Librarians' Association
MOUG: Music OCLC Users Group
MUSICDOC: Documentation of Music and Musicology
NOTMUS-L: Notis Music Library List

Numismatics
CelticCoins: Celtic Coins
CoinForgeryDiscussionList: Coin Forgery and Alteration, esp. ancient and medieval coins
CoinsByzantine: Byzantine Coins
ISLAMIC_COINS: Islamic Coins

Map Archives:
LIS-MAPS: Map and spatial data librarianship
MAPHIST: Map history
MAPS-L: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum
CARTA: Canadian Map Librarians and Archivists

Other Specific Archives
ARCHIVALIA:  University archives [in Spanish]
ARCHIVISTS-TALK:  Internet Libraries and Archives archives
ARSCLIST:  Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)
BLACK-IP:  Black Information Professionals' Network [Down]
BUSARCH:  Business archives
CHARM-ONLINE:  The Charity Archivists and Records Managers Group (CHARM)
DAL-L:  Digital Audio Libraries
LAGAR-L: Lesbian and Gay Archives Roundtable
LIS-JISC-ARCHIVES: Specialised research collections
MARHST-L:  Marine History Information Exchange Group
PRIVATEARCHIVES: Private archives collectors
SPECTECH-L: Special collections and the Internet

Sister Fields:
AIM_Information_et_Management: Association of Information Managers
BOOK_ARTS-L: Book arts, binding, paper production etc.
FORMSPACE: Business Forms Management Association
Document_Management: Document Management
EXLIBRIS: Rare books
FOI-L: Freedom of Information (USA)
FOI2: Freedom of Information (UK)
H-ORALHIST: Oral History
Knowledge_Management: Knowledge Management
Managing Information Discussion Board: Information Management
WATERMARKS: Watermarks
 

AREA OR COUNTRY SPECIFIC

Australia:
ACSRM-L: Australian Computer Society (ACS) - Records Management Group
AMF: Australian Museum Forum
AUS-ARCHIVISTS: Australian Archivists
RMAA-List: Records Management - Australia
SMoA: Small Archives of Australia
VERS: Victorian Electronic Records Strategy

Belgium:
ABD-BVD: Association Belge de Documentation - Belgische Vereniging voor Documentatie
ELARDO: Vlaamse Vereniging voor Bibliotheek-, Archief- en Documentatiewezen (=Flemish Association for Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres; VVBAD); ArchivesSection Automation Workgroup

Brazil:
CONSERVA-LISTA: Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Properties [in Spanish]

Canada:
ARCAN-L: Archives Administration - Canada
ARMA_CANADA: ARMA Canadian Branch [Went defunct in August 2001 and was replaced with RIMList]
ARMAToronto: ARMA Toronto Chapter
AAOLIST: Archives Association of Ontario
ARCHIVES-BC: British Columbia Archives
CANMUS-L: Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centers (CAML)
CANMUSE-L: Canadian Museums
CARTA: Canadian Map Librarians and Archivists
CNSA-L: Council of Nova Scotia Archives (Atlantic Canada)
EBSI-L: University of Montreal, Faculte des Arts et des Sciences, Ecole de Bibliotheconomie et des Sciences de l'Information
RIMList: Records and Information Management List
SK-ARCHIVISTS-L: Saskatchewan Council on Archives - Canada

Europe:
ARCHIVES-EAST: Archives - Eastern Europe (inactive)
CULTIVATE-LIST: European Union Information Society Technologies Programme
DIGICULT_Info: Digital Technologies for the Cultural Heritage Sector
EPIC-LST: Preservation of European intellectual heritage
H-MEDITERRANEAN: Mediterranean History
SEPIA-LST: Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access

France:
ADBS-INFO: l'Association des Professionnelles de l'Information et de la Documentation
ADBS-SANTE:l'Association des Professionnelles de l'Information et de la Documentation; le secteur Sante
ARCHIVES-FR: l'Association des Archivistes Français (AAF)

Germany:
ARCHIVLISTE: German archives
DEMUSEUM: German Museums

Hong Kong:
HKARCHIVES: Hong Kong archives (defunct)

Italy:
Archivi 23: Lista di discussione per gli archivisti (Archival discussion list)
MUSEI-IT: Interactive Technology in Italian Museums

Japan:
MCN-ML: Museum Communication Network

History of Middle East and Islam:
ECAI-ROUTES: Eurasian Trade Routes
ARABIC-INFO: Arabic Studies
H-Levant: History of Middle East
H-MIDEAST: Middle Eastern Medievalists
H-MEDITERRANEAN: Mediterranean History
ISLAM-L: History of Islam
ISLAMIC_COINS: Islamic Coins
MENA-H: History of the Middle East and North Africa

Netherlands:
DIVA: Archives and Records Management

New Zealand:
INFOMGTNZ: Information Management - New Zealand
MUSEUM-STUDIES: Museum Studies
NZRECORDS: Records Management - New Zealand

Scotland:
SCAN: Scotish Archives Network
SCOTARCH: Society of Archivists (UK) Scottish Region
SCOTSLINK: Scottish Museums, Archives, Libraries, and Electronic Services

Spain:
ARXIFORUM: Archives administration - Spain

Sweden:
SWEDEN-L: Swedish Museum Discussion List (Formerly known as ICOM-Sweden)

Türkiye:
ARCHITURK: Archives & records management - Turkey
KUTUP-L: Librarianship - Turkey
H-TURK: Turkish Studies
TARIH-L: Turkish History
TURKOLOJI-L: Turkish Language and Literature

UK:
ARCHIVES-NRA: Archives administration - NRA
Archives-Wales: Archives-Wales
Collection-Description: Collection-Description
DIGITAL-PRESERVATION: Digital Preservation
FOI2: Freedom of Information
HERITAGE: Cultural Heritage
InfoAtUK: Information Society Developments and News
JSA: Journal of the Society of Archivists [Contents page distribution]
LIS-JISC-ARCHIVES: Specialised research collections
NEMLAAL: North East Museums, Libraries & Archives Council (NEMLAC)
NEMLADIGI: North East Museums, Libraries & Archives Council (NEMLAC) Digitisation Issues
NOF-DIGI: New Opportunities Fund - Digitisation Funding
RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK: Records-Management-UK
RESOURCENEWS: Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
SOAREGISTRATION: Society of Archivists Registation Scheme
UNIVERSITY-RMS: Higher and Further Education Records Management Group

USA:
ACUMGN-L : Association of College and University Museums and Galleries of New England List
AAMV: American Association for Museum Volunteers
ARCHIVES-GRAD: Student Archivists Mailing List
ARCHIVES_TALK: Archives Students
ARTIFACT: Material Culture in America
COMPT-L: Committee on Museum Professional Training (American Association of Museums) List
FOI-L: Freedom of Information
Historic-House-Museums: Historic House Museums
H-LOCAL: State and local history and museum studies.
LegalRM: Leal Records Management
NAAC: Native American Archives Coalition
NINCH-ANNOUNCE National Initiative for Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH)
OHIOARV: Society of Ohio Archivists
Primary Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services Newsletter
RCAAM: The Registrars Committee of the American Association of Museums
RMSales: Records Management Sales Directory
SAACAIE: Society of American Archivists, [Chapter of Archives in Education???]
SAA-ERS: Society of American Archivists Electronic Records Section
SAA-LEADER: Society of American Archivists Administrators
SAAMUS-LIST: Society of American Archivists-Museum Archives Section
SAAPRESERVATION: Society of American Archivists Preservation Section
SAARMRT: Society of American Archivists-Records Management Roundtable
SAA-UT-STUDENTS: Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists at University of Texas at Austin
SFA: Society of Florida Archivists
SMA-L: State Museum Association
SILSAA-LIST: Student discussion list for SAA Chapters
 
 

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