Archivists assess, collect, organise, preserve and provide access to records and archives. Records maintained are in any format, analogue or digital and include several kinds of media (documents, photographs, video and sound recordings, etc.).
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The process of resource evaluation, selection and life-cycle planning to create and promote a coherent collection in line with the developing needs of the users or customers. Understanding legal deposit for long-term access to publications.
The procedures, instruments, techniques, materials and chemicals used in conservation and archiving.
The process of transforming an object from its analogical form to a digital format. It creates a digital representation of the object without making in-kind changes to it.
Provide reference services and overall assistance for researchers and visitors in their search for archival materials.
Authenticate and evaluate historical documents and archive materials.
Comment, describe, and provide context for the records in a collection.
Store and preserve archival documents. Copy archive records to film, videotape, audiotape, disk, or computer formats as required.
Create coherent lists and hierarchies of concepts and terms to ensure consistent indexing in knowledge organisation systems.
Prepare documents for archiving; ensure that the information can easily be accessed at all times.
Establish policy guidelines on public access to a (digital) archive and the cautious use of present materials. Communicate the guidelines to archive visitors.
Create and maintain computer archives and databases, incorporating latest developments in electronic information storage technology.
Manage the life-cycle of records of institutions, indivduals, corporate bodies, collections, oral history.
Ensure that access to personal or institutional data conforms to the legal and ethical framework governing such access.
Research and trace the origins and the historical significance of collections and archive content.
Present the hypothesis, findings, and conclusions of your scientific research in your field of expertise in a professional publication.
The field that deals with maintaining, preserving and adding value to digital research.
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Organise archive or business records; develop classification systems to facilitate access to all information.
Develop and maintain information access aids such as databases, digital bibliographies, web pages, software programs and online tutorials.
Plan and coordinate educational and public outreach programs such as workshops, tours, lectures and classes.
Load analog documents by converting them into a digital format, using specialised hardware and software.
Plan, monitor, report on the budget and prepare set production budgets.
Manage various data formats and files by naming, publishing, transforming and sharing files and documents and transforming file formats.
Conduct employee recruitment, helping employees to develop their personal and organisational skills, knowledge, and competencies as well as providing feedback and performance appraisals. It includes motivating employees, by implementing rewarding systems (managing pay and benefit systems) in order to maximise employee performance with regard to employer's strategic objectives.
Identify and understand the customer's needs. Communicate and engage with stakeholders in designing, promoting and evaluating services.
Hire new employees by scoping the job role, advertising, performing interviews and selecting staff in line with company policy and legislation.
Use software tools for managing and organising data in a structured environment which consists of attributes, tables and relationships in order to query and modify the stored data.
Utilise specialised applications and software to collect and preserve digital information.