EAD is a non-proprietary de facto standard for the encoding of finding aids for use in a networked (online) environment. Finding aids are inventories, indexes, or guides that are created by archival and manuscript repositories to provide information about specific collections. While the finding aids may vary somewhat in style, their common purpose is to provide detailed description of the content and intellectual organization of collections of archival materials. EAD allows the standardization of collection information in finding aids within and across repositories.
Built for archives by archivists, ArchivesSpace is the open source archives information management application for managing and providing web access to archives, manuscripts and digital objects.
Website of Society of American Archivists (SAA) which promotes the values and diversity of archives and archivists. SAA is the preeminent source of professional resources and the principal communication hub for American archivists.
Website of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS), a division of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association (
Organized in 1972, MARAC is a volunteer, regional consortium of archivists who live and work in the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, and in the District of Columbia.
