· Academy of Certified Archivists
supports and promotes the highest level of professional archival practice; defines the knowledge and abilities necessary to be an archivist, ensures professional standards, and promotes the employment of Certified Archivists.

· Association for Information Management Professionals (ARMA)

· Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) The Association for Information Management Professionals
non-profit organization dedicated to research, study, publication, and information exchange surrounding all aspects of recordings and recorded sound

· Association internationale des archives francophones (AIAF)
International association of archives in French-speaking countries, created in 1989

· Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA) (London)
CCAAA provides a shared platform for seven membership-based organisations wishing to co-operate on influencing the development of public policy on issues of importance to professional audiovisual archivists. Our members’ primary business is ensuring the preservation and survival of sound and moving image documents for access and use by present and future generations of citizens.

· Forum dos Arquivistas Lusófonos

· Institute of Certified Records Managers
an international certifying organization of and for professional records and information managers

· International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML)

· International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)
Non-governmental organisation; functions as a medium for international cooperation between archives which preserve recorded sound and audiovisual documents.

· International Council on Archives

· International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF)
brings together institutions dedicated to rescuing films; founded in Paris in 1938, FIAF is a collaborative association of the world's leading film archives whose purpose has always been to ensure the proper preservation and showing of motion picture

· International Federation of Human Rights Archives and Documentation Centers

· International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
IFLA is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession.

· International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA)
Non-profit association of Television Archives, set up on June 13th, 1977 in Rome by the BBC, RAI, ARD, and INA