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Shadrack Katuu, Department of Information Sciences, University of South Africa, skatuu@gmail.com, wrote this article in Information Development, Vol. 25, No. 2, 133-145 (2009).Abstract:"While education and training of archives and records professionals within Sub Saharan Africa has a history of about five decades, elsewhere professional development has a history lasting several centuries. In Europe, archivists have been in existence since the 17th century while in North America, while the history is just about one century old, within that time a lot of innovation has been evident. This article provides a summary of developments in the two continents, drawing lessons that could be useful in reinvigorating discussion within the African continent."Source: http://idv.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/25/2/133