Each course in the A&D curriculum is developed with one or more key audiences in mind:
- Archivists, comprising managers, administrators, and the other professionals who work with records or other archival materials in large or small organizations with staff or by themselves
- Librarians, legal staff, and records managers who have responsibility for records or other archival materials
- Employers who want to ensure that their staff has the knowledge and training to:
- successfully arrange and describe institutional records using appropriate descriptive standards
- implement appropriate risk management strategies
- manage the overall process fully aware of ethical considerations
- ACA members, students, and members of student chapters and regional associations
