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Archival Theory and Practice  - http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/theory.htm  Brief article covering the basics of the archival profession. Includes definitions of terms.  Archivist's Daybook  - http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/Daybook.html  Information about archival meetings, workshops, seminars, and other continuing education and professional development events for archivists around the world.  International Archival Resources on the Internet  - http://www.usask.ca/archives/car/internat.html  Links to education, professional resources, organizations, and standards.  Form and Function of Archival Theory  - http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/review/winter1997/graham.html  Essay arguing the importance of archival theory in educating archivists.  Introduction to Archival Organization and Description  - http://www.schistory.org/getty/  Discusses the principles of organization, documentation and description used in archives.  Basic Rules for Archival Description  - http://lib74123.usask.ca/scaa/rad/  An introduction to the preparation of fonds- and series-level descriptions using RAD, from the Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists.  Latin American Archival Theory and Practice During the 1970s and 1980s  - http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~landc/fulltext/LandC_34_3_MaymiSurgranes.pdf  Comparative study of various countries' archival theory and practice concerning information access. [Requires Adobe Acrobat]  So You Want to be an Archivist  - http://www.archivists.org/prof-education/arprof.asp  An overview of the archival profession.  European Preservation Information Center  - http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/  Provides a gateway for information on the preservation of documentary heritage in Europe.  Archives and Preservation Resources  - http://www.archives.gov/  Information from NARA about archival management and preservation of historical records.  Introduction to Archival Terminology  - http://www.archives.gov/research_room/alic/reference_desk/archives_resources/archival_terminology.html  Glossary of terms used in archival management and preservation of historical records by Maygene F. Daniels, from US National Archives and Records Administration.  Digitising History  - http://hds.essex.ac.uk/g2gp/digitising_history/  A guide to creating, documenting and preserving digital resources derived from historical documents by Sean Townsend, Cressida Chappell, and Oscar Struijvé.