Are there specific archival standards and practices a project needs to follow?

Arrangement & Description projects should follow best practices and archival standards. Such best practices and standards include: the finding aid template DHP makes available, HDI, MPLP, MARC, EAD, DACS, etc.

DHP recommends no specific standards for Documentation projects, but we do make available several publications on Documentation that outline best practices.

• A Manual for Documentation Planning in New York State
• Documentation Basics: A Guide to Planning and Managing Documentation Projects
• New York Documentation Topics Framework
• A Guide to Documenting Environmental Affairs in New York State