Institutions
It is also helpful to get involved with professional organizations and join email lists to find more chances to increase your knowledge.
Some of the links are to full academic programs, while others are places to pursue classes or workshops that will give you a brief overview of a particular topic.
- Archives & Related Professions Training
- Rare Book School at the University of Virginia
- Center for the Study of Books and Media at Princeton
- CoOL list of Educational Opportunities in museum, library, and archives conservation/preservation
- SAA Continuing Professional Education
- MA Photograhic Preservation & Collections Management, Ryerson University
- North Bennett Street School: Bookbinding
- American Antiquarian Society: History of the Book in American Culture
- Center for Book Arts
- The San Francisco Center for the Book
- American Academy of Bookbinding
- ICON (The Institute of Conservation) – Based in the UK
- Garage Annex School for Book Arts
These include tutorials, guides, and other reference materials available to browse.
- Library of Congress: Mass Deacidification Reports
- Best Practices for Digital Archiving
- CLIR Activities: Strategies for Building Digitized Collections (File in PDF)
- CoOL: Digital Imaging
- Cornell: Digital Imaging Tutorial
- NYPL: Planning Digital Projects for Historical Collections
- American Memory: Resource List for Building Digital Collections
- Penn State Center for the History of the Book
- NYPL History of Books and Printing Research Guide
- Glossary of Common Records Management Terms
- Resources for Archival Records Management Studies (University of Pittsburgh)
- Academy of Certified Archivists (ACA)
- Living with Washi (Japanese Paper)
- Conservation Book Repair: A Training Manual from Alaska State Library
- Book Repair Manual from Dartmouth College Library
- Guidelines for the conservation of leather and parchment bookbindings from the KB (National Library of the Netherlands)
- The E. Lingle Craig Preservation Laboratory Repair and Enclosure Treatment Manual
These are all links to other websites’ lists of resources related to SOURCE interests.
- Berkeley Sunsite Preservation Resources
- Ready, ‘Net, Go! Archival Internet Resources
- Repositories of Primary Sources
- WebWorld: Archives Around the World
- Canadian Bookbines and Book Artists Guild Links
- Book Printing & Illustration Online Resources
- Robert B. Haas Damily Arts Library: Book Art Links