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An archivist retrieving files from mobile shelving. As Richard Pearce-Moses wrote: Archivists keep records that have enduring value as reliable memories of the past, and they help people find and understand the information they need in those records. [1] Determining what records have enduring value can be challenging.
Employers today often complain that they're having a hard time filling great jobs. They give lots of reasons, but surveys show that when asked what skills they most want in an employee, hiring ...
An online career quiz can give you. There are plenty of online quizzes to waste your time with, from which Jonas Brother you should marry, to what kind of animal you were in a previous life. But ...
The Archivist is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate and is responsible for safeguarding and making available for study all the permanently valuable records of the federal government, including the original Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights, which are displayed in the Archives' main building in Washington, D.C.
By Susan Ricker If you're reading this, there's a good chance you feel something's missing from your career. Perhaps the jobs you've had before were chosen for the paycheck; maybe you got into ...
According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, from 2012 - 2022 archivists, curators, and museum workers "should expect very strong competition for jobs" with a projected growth rate of only 11 percent. [17] In this competitive field, a master's degree in the institution's area of focus, museum studies, or library/information science is ...
By Marty Nemko, Career Coach Over the years, I've asked my career counseling clients hundreds of questions to tease out what they should be doing with their lives. Recently, I created a new-client ...
The professional qualifications of archivists became an issue in the 1950s, when the Society of American Archivists (SAA) and the American Historical Association made the case that the archivist of the United States should be a professional, not political, appointee. The 1970s saw much internal SAA discussion of education and professional ...