# Archival Fast Lane ## How to read this guide? This guide is meant to serve both as a quick reference on specific archival topics and as essential reading for anyone interested in physical or digital archiving. The topics are a mix of guides, checklists and reference material. Almost all the topics can be read in any order. Prerequisites and references are provided as and when needed. The recommended reading order is to first understand all the topics listed under **Basic Concepts** and then proceed with specific guides as needed. Note that a few process related checklists might need proper adaptation before they can be incorporated into your workflow. Think of these as suggestions rather than inflexible rules. ## Contributing to the guide Archival depends heavily on community effort, so does this guide! Please reach out to us or send us pull requests to make this guide more usable and comprehensible. {% hint style="info" %} If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. {% endhint %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://qamra.gitbook.io/archival-guide/master.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.