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       CODE: 101.167-010 Buy the DOT:Download/CD-ROM
TITLE(s): ARCHIVIST (profess. & kin.)
Appraises and edits permanent records and historically valuable documents, participates in
research activities based on archival materials, and directs safekeeping of archival documents and
materials: Analyzes documents, such as government records, minutes of corporate board meetings,
letters from famous persons, and charters of nonprofit foundations, by ascertaining date of writing,
author, or original recipient of letter, to appraise value to posterity or to employing
organization. Directs activities of workers engaged in cataloging and safekeeping of valuable
materials and directs disposition of worthless materials. Prepares or directs preparation of
document descriptions and reference aids for use of archives, such as accession lists, indexes,
guides, bibliographies, abstracts, and microfilmed copies of documents. Directs filing and cross
indexing of selected documents in alphabetical and chronological order. Advises government agencies,
scholars, journalists, and others conducting research by supplying available materials and
information according to familiarity with archives and with political, economic, military, and
social history of period. Requests or recommends pertinent materials available in libraries, private
collections, or other archives. Selects and edits documents for publication and display, according
to knowledge of subject, literary or journalistic expression, and techniques for presentation and
display. May be designated according to subject matter specialty as Archivist, Economic History
(profess. & kin.); Archivist, Military History (profess. & kin.); Archivist, Political History
(profess. & kin.); or according to nature of employing institution as Archivist, Nonprofit
Foundation (nonprofit organ.). In smaller organizations, may direct activities of libraries.
GOE: 11.03.03 STRENGTH: S GED: R5 M3 L5 SVP: 8 DLU: 77
ONET CROSSWALK: 31511B Archivists
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