The following essays will provide some orientation to the recent issues and debates concerning the education of North American archivists. Older, classic essays and other publications are cited in many of these articles. There are essays on the historical evolution of educational programs, education and research (the theme of this conference), continuing education, education and technology issues, curriculum and teaching, and archival education and its relationship to other disciplines.

We are interested in hearing from others about readings on archival education which should be included in such a bibliography, especially about educational issues in other nations. What follows is not a comprehensive bibliography, but it is intended to represent the various kinds of writings on various issues concerning the education of archivists and other records professionals.

Richard C. Berner, "Archival Education and Training in the United States, 1937 to Present," Journal of Education for Librarianship 22 (Summer/Fall 1981): 3-19.

Richard J. Cox, "The Masters of Archival Studies and American Education Standards: An Argument for the Continued Development of Graduate Archival Education in the United States," Archivaria 36 (Autumn 1993): 221-31.

Terry Eastwood, "Nurturing Archival Education in the University," American Archivist 51 (Summer 1988): 228-251.

Jacqueline Goggin, "'That We Shall Truly Deserve the Title of Profession': The Training and Education of Archivists, 1930-1960," American Archivist 47 (Summer 1984): 243-254.

Robert Sidney Martin, "The Development of Professional Education for Librarians and Archivists in the United States: A Comparative Essay," American Archivist 57 (Summer 1994): 544-558.

Frank G. Burke, "The Future Course of Archival Theory in the United States," American Archivist 44 (Winter 1981): 40-46.

Paul Conway, "Archival Education and the Need for Full-Time Faculty," American Archivist 51 (Summer 1988): 254-265.

Richard J. Cox, American Archival Analysis: The Recent Development of the Archival Profession in the United States (Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1990), chapters four and five.

Richard J. Cox, "Continuing Education and Special Collections Professionals: The Need for Rethinking," Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarianship, 10, no. 2 (1995): 78-96.

David Olson, "'Camp Pitt' and the Continuing Education of Government Archivists: 1989-1996,"American Archivists 60 (Spring 1997): 202-214.

Peter J. Wosh and Elizabeth Yakel, "Smaller Archives and Professional Development: Some New York Stories," American Archivist 55 (Summer 1992): 474-482.

Richard J. Cox, The First Generation of Electronic Records Archivists in the United States: A Study in Professionalization (New York: Haworth Press, 1994).

Richard J. Cox, "The Roles of Graduate and Continuing Education in Preparing Archivists for the Information Age," American Archivist 56 (Summer 1993): 444-57. Browse through this entire issue, a special report on education and technology from the Committee on Automated Records and Techniques.

Richard J. Cox, "The History of Primary Sources in Graduate Education: An Archival Perspective," Special Collections 4, no. 2 (1990): 39-78.

Luciana Duranti, "The Archival Body of Knowledge: Archival Theory, Method, and Practice," Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 34 (Winter 1993): 8-24.

Timothy L. Ericson, "Professional Associations and Archival Education: A Different Role, or a Different Theater?" American Archivist 51 (Summer 1988): 298-311.

James M. O'Toole, "Curriculum Developments in Archival Education: A Proposal," American Archivist 53 (Summer 1990): 460-466.

James M. O'Toole, "The Archival Curriculum: Where Are We Now?" Archival Issues 22, no. 2 (1997): 103-113.

Edwin Bridges, Gregory S. Hunter, Page Putnam Miller, David Thelen, and Gerhard Weinberg, "Toward Better Documenting and Interpreting of the Past: What History Graduate Programs in the Twenty-First Century Should Teach About Archival Practices," American Archivist 56 (Fall 1993): 730-749.

Richard J. Cox and Edie Rasmussen, "Reinventing the Information Professions and the Argument for Specialization in LIS Education: Cases Studies in Archives and Information Technology," Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 38 (Fall 1997): 255-267.

F. Gerald Ham, Frank Boles, Gregory S. Hunter, and James M. O'Toole. "Is the Past Still Prolgue? History and Archival Education," American Archivist 56 (Fall 1993): 718-729.

Lawrence J. McCrank, "History, Archives and Information Science," in Annual Review of Information Science and Technology 30 (1995): 281-352.

J. Michael Pemberton and Christine R. Nugent, "Information Studies: Emergent Field, Convergent Curriculum," Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 36 (Spring 1995): 126-138.

Vernon R. Smith, "Pedagogy and Professionalism: An Evaluation of Trends and Choices Confronting Educators in the Archival Community," Public Historian 16 (Summer 1994): 23-43.

Tyler O. Walters, "Rediscovering the Theoretical Base of Records Management and Its Implications for Graduate Education," Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 36 (Spring 1995): 139-154.