ICA Archives
About ICA's Secretariat Archives:
The archives of the ICA Secretariat date from its creation in 1948. They document the life, functions and development of ICA. The archives document significant events, like the international Congresses, landmark resolutions, expert position papers (like the question of the archival claims) and the establishment of sections such as SPA .
The files (up to 1992) have been sorted and an inventory list created. An agreement was signed with the French National Archives and the archives are on deposit at the Fontainebleau Branch. The ICA archives are freely accessible. Should you wish to consult them, please inform the Secretariat first. The catalogue, in French only at present, is available on request from the Secretariat and at Fontainebleau. These archives are in paper format.
The archives of ICA branches, sections and working groups are kept in the regions or by an officer of the entity.
Find ICA's archived resources in the following categories:
Past Resources
Archival Automation (ICA Bibliography 1), 1990
Archives and archivists serving the protection of the cultural and natural heritages, CITRA 1990
Guidelines on Lobbying and Public Campaigns for Professional Associations, 2000
Case studies on buildings, 2000
CBPS Description Committee meetings, 2000
CBPS - Progress report for revising and harmonising ICA descriptive standards, 2002
CBPS - Relationship in archival descriptive systems, 2002
Manual Organizacion y control de expediente de archivo, 2002
DRAFT Principles for Archives and Record Legislation, 2005
Ensuring Long-Term Preservation an Adding Value to Scientific and Technical Data, 2006
ICA Study n°19: Committee on Archival Legal Matters, 1996-2004, 2006
Report on Competenties Accreditation Certification, April 2007
List of Publications of ICA Category B Members (Professional Associations), 2009
Developing a competency model: guidelines and best practices, 2010
Past Resources about digital archives
ICA Study n°9: Electronic Records Programs, Report on the 1994-1995 survey, 1996
Networked Electronic Information in the Internet and Intranet Environments, 2000
National and Federal Archives: Results of a Survey of Category A Members of ICA, 2002
The Curator's workbench: Engaging Archivists through Tools for Digital Content, 2002
Digital Repository : The project E-depot Rotterdam, 2004
eArchiving Digital Record Exchange Standard Jurisdictional Survey, 2006
Metadata and the Management of Current Records in Digital Form, 2011
Preservation of digital heritage, 2012
Aligning national approaches to digital preservation, 2011 
Avoiding Amnesia in a Digital World
Past Projects
2005 : Project Appraisal in Latin America - SLMT
How to use Description Standards?, 2009
Archival research and researchers, 2010
2003 - 2010 : Archival Solidarity Project - SPA, 2010
2009 -2010 : Experts workshop on Records and Archives - SARBICA, 2010
2009-2010 : Publication on SARBICA Exclusive Heritage – Coffee Table book, 2010
2010 - Twinning archives project by SPP
Online Directory of Archival Education, 2011
Organizing an emergency treatment centre for damaged cultural goods, 2011
Vital records of municipal administration: identification and recommendations for preservation, 2011
APEnet – Associate Partners Liaison Group (APEnet = Archives Portal Europe project group), 2011
2012 : Project -Vital records of municipal administration - SLMT
2012 : Sporting Cities by SLMT and SPO
Appraisal in Latin America-3rd FIED, 2012
Archives building resource pack, 2012
Archives of the Olympic cities, 2012
Project on e-services for cross-border municipal archives in Estonia and Russia, 2013
Promoting the Church Archives, 2013
Solomon Islands: Conservation project, 2014
Train the trainer e-learning programme, 2015
Training the trainers resource pack: translation project, 2016
Atlantic Africa: from records to knowledge, 17th-19th centuries
Directory of Resources for Literary Copyright
Past News
Guyana: Initial Training Programme in Archives and Records Management for Untrained Staff, 2009