The following links lead to various websites of interest. Some deal with archiving in general, some get technical, and some provide standards for archiving. Others delve into digitization and the on-going standards being set for this field. Some websites pertain to Encoded Archival Description (EAD) and other methods for making archival materials accessible to the public. Some links lead to educational materials, online exhibitions of special collections, or databases of digitized photos, letters, news, etc. In sum, this is one place for me to stockpile some of the interesting websites pertaining to the archival profession. Follow the links as you please.
"When I stand in a library where is all the recorded wit of the world, but none of the recording, a mere accumulated, and not truly cumulative treasure; where immortal works stand side by side with anthologies which did not survive their month, and cobweb and mildew have already spread from these to the binding of those; and happily I am reminded of what poetry is,—I perceive that Shakespeare and Milton did not foresee into what company they were to fall. Alas! that so soon the work of a true poet should be swept into such a dust-hole!"