Description
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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Theoretical Knowledge
Practical Skills
study a collectionfacilitate access to informationcontextualise records collectionaid archive users with their enquiriesrespect data protection principlesstore archival documentsperform records managementmanage archive users guidelinesmanage digital archivescreate semantic treesappraise historical documentswrite scientific publicationsuse software for data preservationdevelop classification systemsmanage digital documentsmanage human resourcesdigitise documentsmanage information access aidsperform customer managementuse databasesmanage budgetscoordinate educational programmesrecruit employees