本教材选编了20篇英文课文和近40篇档案管理专业英语阅读材料，这些材料均来自国外经典作品或最新论著。在选材和译注上，既考虑了英文教学的需要，又力求系统、全面的反映档案实践的各个方面，以期学员在学习专业英语的同时对欧美档案学体系有一概要的了解。为便于自学，各篇课文除注释疑难单词和专业词汇外同时给出了参考译文和对原文的必要注释。考虑到确切理解原文句词本义的重要性，参考译文在阅读通顺的前提下尽可能地直译。

LESSON ONE

Archival Profession: Historical Perspective

档案职业：历史回顾

Reading Material:

Development of The Archival Profession

LESSON TWO

Archival Profession: Social role and Orientation

档案职业：社会使命与专业方向

Reading Material:

Reflections of an archivist

LESSON THREE

Definition of Records and Archives

文件与档案的定义

Reading Material:

Definition of Archives

LESSON FOUR

Archives and Manuscripts

档案与手稿

Reading Material:

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Archives--Can You

Recognize Them？

LESSON FIVE

Archives and Related Professions

档案与相关职业

Reading Material:

The Archival Profession

The Curator's Responsibilities

LESSON SIX

Classification of Records

文件分类

Reading Material:

Classification Principles

Classification by Subject

LESSON SEVEN

Record Cycle and "Three Ages" Theory

文件周期与“三阶段”理论

Reading Material:

The Life Cycle of Records

Records Life Cycle vs. System Development Life Cycle

LESSON EIGHT

Developing a Records Management Policy

制定文件管理策略

Reading Material :

Nature of Records Management Program

The Archives Policy

LESSON NINE

Records Inventory

文件普查

Reading Material :

The Drawing up of The Inventory

Inventories and Surveys of Machine - Readable Records

LESSON TEN

Retention Schedule

文件保管时间表

Reading Material:

Writing and Distributing the Retention Schedule

Scheduling Machine - readable Records

LESSON ELEVEN

Records Creation, Distribution, and Reception Control

文件形成、分发与接受控制

Reading Material:

Record Creation

LESSON TWELVE

Records Storage (Filing)

文件保管

Reading Material:

Filing system

Steps for Filing System Improvement

LESSON THIRTEEN

Transfer and disposal Control of Records

文件移交与销毁控制

Reading Material:

Evaluation, Retention, Disposal

Transfer of Semi -Active Records

LESSON FOURTEEN

The Concept of the fonds d'Archives

档案全宗概念

Reading Material:

Appraisal at fonds level

The principle of provenance in archival science

LESSON FIFTEEN

Finding Aids

档案检索工具

Reading Material:

What are finding aids

Using The Finding Aids In The Record Office

LESSON SIXTEEN

Conservation

档案保护

Reading Material :

preservation practices

Physical Preservation

LESSON SEVENTEEN

Managing Archives for Research Use

为科研利用管理档案

Reading Material:

Archives: Evidence of Value, Value as Evidence

LESSON EIGHTEEN

Microfilm

微缩胶片

Reading Material:

Different Forms of Microfilm

Microfilming

LESSON NINETEEN

Electronic Records

电子文件

Reading Material:

Electronic Records Standards and Procedures

LESSON TWENTY

Planning for Digital Archives

数字档案馆设计

Reading Material:

Building Relationships : "A Foundation for Digital

Archives"

档案学英语专业词汇表

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