SAA’s new Dictionary of Archives Terminology has superseded this Glossary as of 4/29/2020.

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American Society for Testing and Materials
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
AMIA
ammonia process
ammonium thiosulfate
analog
analysis
analytical bibliography
analytical entry
analytical index
analytical inventory
ancient documents
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Ann Arbor Accords
annex
annotation
annual report
anonymity
ANSI
anthronymy
antiquarianism
aperture card
API
appendix
application
application program interface
APPM
appraisal
aqueous deacidification
Archaeological Resources Protection Act
architectural drawing
architectural records
architectural rendering
architectural reproductions
architecture
archival
archival administration
Archival Administration in the Electronic Information Age
archival agency
Archival and Manuscripts Control Format (AMC)
archival bond
archival description
archival integrity
archival jurisdiction
archival medium
archival nature
archival processing
archival quality
archival records
archival science
archival software
archival storage conditions
archival structure
archival studies
archival succession
archival teaching unit
archival threshold
archival value
archive
archive group
archives
archives administration
Archives and Mixed Collections File
archives box
archives management
Archives, Personal Papers, and Manuscripts
archivist
archivy
area
ARMA International
ARPA
arrangement
arrearage
Arrhenius function
ars dictaminis
ARSC
Art and Architecture Thesaurus
articles of incorporation
artifact
artifactual value
artificial collection
as-built drawing
ASCII
aspect ratio
assemblage
assignment indexing
associated material
associated records
Association for Information and Image Management
Association for Recorded Sound Collections
Association of Canadian Archivists
Association of College and Research Libraries
Association of Moving Image Archivists
Association of Records Managers and Administrators
associational value
ASTM International
atlas
attachment
attestation
attribute