• Table of Contents 
• Foreword
• Marzio, Peter C.
• Preface
• Wythe, Deborah
• Introduction
• 1 
• The Museum Archives Movement
• Przybyla, Ann Marie
• Archives and Museums
• Early Initiatives and the Belmont Conference
• The Growth of a Movement
• The Current State of Museum Archives
• 2 
• The Museum Context
• Wythe, Deborah
• Organization and Institutional Culture
• The Museum Archives
• Museum Records
• 3 
• Getting Started
• Koutsky, Susan Klier
• Institutional Support and Funding
• Space
• Staff
• First Steps
• Archival Fundamentals
• 4 
• Appraisal
• Wythe, Deborah
• Research and Study
• Establishing an Appraisal Program
• The Museum Archives Section Working Group on Appraisal
• Museum Records and Appraisal
• Effective Appraisal
• 5 
• Arrangement
• Darnell, Polly
• Library, Archives, and Museum Perspectives
• Principles
• Processing Steps
• 6 
• Description
• Wythe, Deborah
• Description in Museums
• Finding Aids
• The Marc Record
• Other Tools
• Implementing a Descriptive Program
• Priorities and Levels of Description
• Procedures and Standards
• Automation's Role in Description
• 7 
• Research Use: Ethics, Restrictions, and Privacy
• Anderson, Susan K.
• Ethics
• Restrictions
• Privacy
• Applying Restrictions
• Researcher Relationships
• Settling Disputes
• 8 
• Research Use: Outreach
• Bourgoin, Marisa
• Public Programs
• Exhibitions
• Web Sites
• 9 
• Oral History
• Calabretta, Fred
• The Value and Uses of Oral History
• Project Design
• The Interview
• Processing
• Legal Issues
• Managing Archival Collections
• 10 
• Records Surveys
• Wythe, Deborah
• Why Survey Records?
• The Survey
• 11 
• Accessioning
• Demb, Sarah R.
• 12 
• Preservation
• Demb, Sarah R.
• Planning
• Storage Areas, Environment, Shelving
• Housing and Handling Archival Materials
• Pesticides and Preservatives
• 13 
• Security
• Stewart, Paula
• Physical Protection
• Security During Use
• 14 
• Records Management
• Stewart, Paula
• Education and Training
• The Importance of Communication
• Establishing a Records Management Program
• Records Management Tools
• Beyond the Basics
• 15 
• Disaster Planning
• Stewart, Paula
• Components of a Disaster Plan
• Vital Records Protection
• 16 
• Photographs
• Callery, Bernadette
• Wythe, Deborah
• Types of Photographs and Photographic Collections
• Institutional Context
• Appraisal
• Arrangement
• Description
• Access and Use
• Preservation Basics
• 17 
• Audiovisual Materials
• Darnell, Polly
• Nature of the Materials
• Appraisal
• Preservation
• Arrangement, Description, Reference
• Processing
• 18 
• Architectural Records
• Daniels, Maygene
• The Survey
• Physical Management
• Arrangement
• Description
• Use and Reproduction
• Reference Service
• CAD Systems and Electronic Technologies
• 19 
• Electronic Records
• Eaton, Fynnette
• Types of Electronic Records
• Dealing with Electronic Records
• Digitization
• 20 
• Objects in the Archives
• Reed, Anthony
• Art Museums
• Science and Technology Museums
• History Museums
• Objects Found in All Types of Museums
• Processing Collections that Contain Objects
• 21 
• Field Records and Scientific Notebooks
• Demb, Sarah R.
• Museum Archives Issues
• 22 
• Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
• Demb, Sarah R.
• 23 
• Restitution of Nazi-Looted Art
• Herbert, Catherine
• Nazi Art Looting, 1933–1945
• What is Provenance Research?
• The Role of the Museum Archives
• Resource Guide
• Peimer, Laura
• Professional Archival Organizations
• Related Professional Organizations
• Continuing Archival Education Opportunities
• Selected Bibliography
• Sample Policies, Procedures, and Forms
• Internet Resources
• Funding Sources
• Selected Archival Product Vendors
• Museum Archives Guidelines
• Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Index

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