This handbook includes the offical role delineation, study guide, and reading list for the Archival Certification test offered by the Academy of Certified Archivists.

Published by SAA in 2005 as one of seven volumes in the Archival Fundamentals Series II, the Glossary contains more than 2,000 defined entries, more than 600 lead-in terms, nearly 700 citations from some 280 sources, and is based primarily on archival literature in the United States and Canada.

This resource is one of the General Sources suggested for study in the Handbook for Archival Certification.