Diana: You might want to look into "BACE: The Basics of Archives Continuing Education" program. See the Council of State Archivists website for further information: http://www.statearchivists.org/arc/bace/index.htm <http://www.statearchivists.org/arc/bace/index.htm> Description from the website: The Basics of Archives Continuing Education (BACE) program provides training materials designed to introduce individuals who have responsibility for archival collections -- but may never have received formal archival training -- to the basics of archives. Taking the BACE course will not make anyone an archivist. Instead it is intended to make participants aware of the responsibilities and obligations that historical records programs accept when they bring an archival collection into their institutions. Ideally, the BACE program will connect professional archivists with those intelligent, hard working, and well meaning individuals who care for historical records in local institutions. This related description is from the AASLH website: Developed in cooperation with COSHRC, the Michigan Historical Center, the New York State Archives, and the Ohio Historical Society, and with a grant from IMLS. Participants proceed at their own pace through this online workshop that covers the basics of archives management and practices including acquiring collections, processing, housing and preservation, and providing access. You can download student and facilitator workbooks from the CoSA site, and your state archivist should have a CD available for your use. Your State Archivist, Mary Beth Herkert, also developed a nice "Basic Records Management Training" PowerPoint presentation and workshop for an IIMC training session some time ago. With her supporting materials, this work might be adaptable to an online training program in RM. Hope this helps...and good luck! Paul R. Bergeron, CA City Clerk 229 Main Street Nashua, NH 03060 Telephone: 603/589-3010 Fax: 603/589-3029 http://www.gonashua.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Banning, Diana Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 5:28 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Examples of Online training Colleagues, I'm hunting the web for examples of (effective) online training - but after considerable time following strange links, I thought I'd come to the group for suggestions. My office is looking into developing free online training and would like to see what might be out there and how it is presented. If you have a training site that you like (and is free to view), would you please send me the link? I'm also interested in non-archives/records management training. Thanks for the help. Diana Diana Banning Archives & Records Management City of Portland, Oregon A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>