SAA’s new Dictionary of Archives Terminology has superseded this Glossary as of 4/29/2020.

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interrelationship
interpositive
InterPARES
interoperability
Internet
internegative
International Telecommunication Union
International Standards Organization
International Standard Serial Number
International Standard Recording Code
International Standard for Archival Description (General)
International Standard for Archival Authority Records: Corporate, Personal, Families
International Standard Book Numbering
International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems
International Organization for Standardization
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
International Council on Archives
International Conference of the Round Table on Archives
International Committee for Documentation of the International Council of Museums
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives
International Association of Social Science Information Service and Technology
intermediate
interleaving
interior title
interfile
interface
interactive media
intelligent character recognition
intellectual property
intellectual form
intellectual control
integrity
integrated pest management
intangible property
intaglio
instrument of gift
instrument
institutional repository
institutional memory
institutional archives
Institute of Certified Records Managers
instant messaging
inst
inspection (right of)
input records
input device
input
inner title
inkjet printer
injunction
initial interview
inherent vice
ingest
infringement
infrared photography
infotainment
informational value
Information Technology - Open Systems Interconnection - The Directory: Public-key and Attribute Certificate Frameworks
Information Technology - 8-bit Single-byte Coded Graphic Character Sets
information technology
information system
information science
Information Retrieval Application Service Definition and Protocol Specification for Open Systems Interconnection
information retrieval
information resource management
information processing
information management
Information Interchange Format
Information Documentation - Records Management
information copy
information architecture
information
informatics
info-
indirect access
indictment
indexing
index vocabulary
index term
index
independent agency
indenture
indefinite value
incremental backup
inclusive dates
incipit
inalienability
inactive records
in-house archives
in-analytic
in letter
impression
imprescriptibility
important records
import
impartiality
impact printer
immutability
imitative copy
imbibition process