This is a list of archivists. An
archivist
An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to Document, records and archives determined to have long-term value. The records maintained by an archivist c ...
is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes,
preserves
Fruit preserves are preparations of fruits whose main preserving agent is sugar and sometimes acid, often stored in glass jars and used as a condiment or spread.
There are many varieties of fruit preserves globally, distinguished by the method ...
, maintains control over, and provides access to records and
archive
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
s determined to have long-term value. Some of the people listed here were not professional but amateur archivists, although their archivist activities preserved large amounts or important data.
Archivists
See also
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List of female archivists
This is a list of female archivists.
See also
* List of archivists
* List of female librarians
* Lists of women
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Lists of women by occupation, Archivists
Lists of archivists, female archivists
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Archival science
Archival science, or archival studies, is the study and theory of building and curating archives, which are collections of documents, recordings and data storage devices.
To build and curate an archive, one must acquire and evaluate recorded m ...
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List of archives
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This is a list of archives from around the world. An archive is an establishment that collects, stores and preserves knowledge in several formats: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, pl ...
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List of national archives
National archives are central archives maintained by countries. This article contains a list of national archives.
Among its more important tasks are to ensure the accessibility and preservation of the information produced by governments, both ...
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List of digital preservation initiatives
This is a list of digital preservation initiatives aimed at the digitisation of previously existing media or preserve existing digital archives.
* ABS-CBN Film Restoration Project, an initiative dedicated on the preservation of thousands of Filip ...
References
External links
Society of American Archivists websiteAustralian Society of Archivists websiteInternational Council on Archives
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