LESSON ONE Archival Profession:Historical Perspective 1
译 档案职业：历史回顾 262
Reading Material:Development of The Archival Profession 9
LESSON TWO Archival Profession:Social role and Orientation 13
译 档案职业：社会使命与专业方向 265
Reading Material:Reflections of an archivist 18
LESSON THREE Definition of Records and Archives 23
译 文件与档案的定义 268
Reading Material:Definition of Archives 30
LESSON FOUR Archives and Manuscripts 33
译 档案与手稿 272
Reading Material:Rare Books,Manuscripts,Archives—Can You Recognize Them? 37
LESSON FIVE Archives and Related Professions 44
译 档案与相关职业 274
Reading Material:The Archival Profession 49
The Curator's Responsibilities 51
LESSON SIX Classification of Records 54
译 文件分类 276
Reading Material:Classification Principles 60
Classification by Subject 62
LESSON SEVEN Record Cycle and"Three Ages"Theory 65
译 文件周期与“三阶段”理论 279
Reading Material:The Life Cycle of Records 69
Records Life Cycle vs.System Development Life Cycle 71
LESSON EIGHT Developing a Records Management Policy 74
译 制定文件管理策略 282
Reading Material:Nature of Records Management Program 82
The Archives Policy 86
LESSON NINE Records Inventory 89
译 文件普查 286
Reading Material:The Drawing up of The Inventory 102
Inventories and Surveys of Machine-Readable Records 104
LESSON TEN Retention Schedule 110
译 文件保管时间表 295
Reading Material:Writing and Distributing the Retention Schedule 117
Scheduling Machine-readable Records 118
LESSON ELEVEN Records Creation,Distribution,and Reception Control 122
译 文件形成、分发与接收控制 299
Reading Material:Record Creation 132
LESSON TWELVE Records Storage（Filing） 139
译 文件保管 306
Reading Material:Filing system 149
6 Steps for Filing System Improvement 151
LESSON THIRTEEN Transfer and disposal Control of Records 153
译 文件移交与销毁控制 311
Reading Material:Evaluation,Retention,Disposal 161
Transfer of Semi-Active Records 165
LESSON FOURTEEN The Concept of the fonds d'Archives 169
译 档案全宗概念 316
Reading Material:Appraisal at fonds level 176
The principle of provenance in archival science 178
LESSON FIFTEEN Finding Aids 182
译 档案检索工具 321
Reading Material:What are finding aids 189
Using The Finding Aids In The Record Office 193
LESSON SIXTEEN Conservation 196
译 档案保护 326
Reading Material:preservation practices 205
Physical Preservation 209
LESSON SEVENTEEN Managing Archives for Research Use 211
译 为科研利用管理档案 331
Reading Material:Archives:Evidence of Value,Value as Evidence 217
LESSON EIGHTEEN Microfilm 223
译 缩微胶片 334
Reading Material:Different Forms of Microfilm 229
Microfilming 231
LESSON NINETEEN Electronic Records 235
译 电子文件 338
Reading Material:Electronic Records Standards and Procedures 243
LESSON TWENTY Planning for Digital Archives 251
译 数字档案馆设计 344
Reading Material:Building Relationships:"A Foundation for Digital Archives" 257
档案学英语专业词汇表 350
后记 357