SAA’s new Dictionary of Archives Terminology has superseded this Glossary as of 4/29/2020.

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Glossary Terms

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authority list
authority file
authority entry
authority control
author
authenticity
authentication
authentic copy
audit trail
audit
audiovisual
audiotape
audio recording
audio disc
audio
attribution
attribute
attestation
attachment
atlas
ASTM International
associational value
Association of Records Managers and Administrators
Association of Moving Image Archivists
Association of College and Research Libraries
Association of Canadian Archivists
Association for Recorded Sound Collections
Association for Information and Image Management
associated records
associated material
assignment indexing
assemblage
aspect ratio
ASCII
as-built drawing
artificial collection
artifactual value
artifact
articles of incorporation
Art and Architecture Thesaurus
ARSC
ars dictaminis
Arrhenius function
arrearage
arrangement
ARPA
ARMA International
area
archivy
archivist
Archives, Personal Papers, and Manuscripts
archives management
archives box
Archives and Mixed Collections File
archives administration
archives
archive group
archive
archival value
archival threshold
archival teaching unit
archival succession
archival studies
archival structure
archival storage conditions
archival software
archival science
archival records
archival quality
archival processing
archival nature
archival medium
archival jurisdiction
archival integrity
archival description
archival bond
Archival and Manuscripts Control Format (AMC)
archival agency
Archival Administration in the Electronic Information Age
archival administration
archival
architecture
architectural reproductions
architectural rendering
architectural records
architectural drawing
Archaeological Resources Protection Act
aqueous deacidification
appraisal
APPM
application program interface
application
appendix
API
aperture card
antiquarianism
anthronymy
ANSI
anonymity
annual report