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	Latin American Archival Theory and Practice During the 1970s and 1980s URL: http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~landc/fulltext/LandC_34_3_MaymiSurgranes.pdf ODP description: Comparative study of various countries' archival theory and practice concerning information access. [Requires Adobe Acrobat]
	National Archives and Records Administration URL: http://www.archives.gov/ ODP description: This is a US based site with information pertaining to USA but has links elsewhere. NARA's Mission is described below. to ensure ready access to essential evidence . that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of federal officials, and the national experience . . . Page title: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration - Archives.gov Home Page description: Archives.gov Home Page
	International Archival Resources on the Internet URL: http://www.archivescanada.ca/car/car_e.asp?l=e&a=dir&id=65 ODP description: Links to education, professional resources, organizations, and standards. Page title: ARCHIVES CANADA
	Archivist's Daybook URL: http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/Daybook.html ODP description: Information about archival meetings, workshops, seminars, and other continuing education and professional development events for archivists around the world. Page title: Daybook
	So You Want to be an Archivist URL: http://www.archivists.org/prof-education/arprof.asp ODP description: An overview of the archival profession. Page title: SAA: Overview of the Archival Profession
	Introduction to Archival Terminology URL: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/alic/reference_desk/archives_resources/archival_terminology.html ODP description: Glossary of terms used in archival management and preservation of historical records by Maygene F. Daniels, from US National Archives and Records Administration. Page title: ALIC - Archives Library Information Center (ALIC Page description: The National Archives libraries are located in the National Archives Buildings in Washington, D.C. and in College Park, MD. Provides access to information on American history and government, archival administration, information management, and government documents to NARA staff, archives and records management professionals, and the general public.
	Basic Rules for Archival Description URL: http://lib74123.usask.ca/scaa/rad/ ODP description: An introduction to the preparation of fonds- and series-level descriptions using RAD, from the Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists. Page title: SCAA - Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists - Basic RAD
	Archives & Social Studies: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Research URL: http://socialstudies.cartagena.es ODP description: Digital, free, and peer-reviewed journal on archival science, focused on an interdisciplinary use of theory and practice, in order to find answers to the information science problems. Page title: socialstudies.cartagena.es - Home Page description: Archival & Social Studies is a digital, free, and peer-reviewed journal on archival science, focused on a creative use of theory, practice, concepts, uses, paradigms, models, etc., drawn from other disciplines, in order to solve current issues in archival science and recorkeeping
	European Preservation Information Center URL: http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/ ODP description: Provides a gateway for information on the preservation of documentary heritage in Europe. Page title: European Commission on Preservation and Access Page description: ECPA, European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA)was established in 1994 by a group of scholars, librarians and archivists out of concern for the fate of millions of books and documents that are being threatened by acidification, embrittlement and decay. The ECPA aims to raise public awareness of this problem and to impress on users how critical the situation is. The ECPA wishes to act as a European platform for discussion and coo...
	Digitising History URL: http://hds.essex.ac.uk/g2gp/digitising_history/ ODP description: A guide to creating, documenting and preserving digital resources derived from historical documents by Sean Townsend, Cressida Chappell, and Oscar StruijvÃ©.