Archivists
Tasks Include:
- Create and maintain accessible, retrievable computer archives and databases, incorporating current advances in electronic information storage technology.
- Organize archival records and develop classification systems to facilitate access to archival materials.
- Authenticate and appraise historical documents and archival materials.
- Provide reference services and assistance for users needing archival materials.
- Direct activities of workers who assist in arranging, cataloguing, exhibiting, and maintaining collections of valuable materials.
- Prepare archival records, such as document descriptions, to allow easy access to information.
- Preserve records, documents, and objects, copying records to film, videotape, audiotape, disk, or computer formats as necessary.
- Establish and administer policy guidelines concerning public access and use of materials.
- Locate new materials and direct their acquisition and display.
- Research and record the origins and historical significance of archival materials.
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Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +1.6%
National: +8.8%
Education
Master's Degree
Job Zone:
Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$58,640.00
State
$63,790.00
Regional
Archivists
Description
Career Cluster: | Education & Training |
Appraise, edit, and direct safekeeping of permanent records and historically valuable documents. Participate in research activities based on archival materials.
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Education
Required Level of Education
- Master's Degree = 80.65%
- Bachelor's Degree = 12.90%
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. = 3.23%
- Post-Master's Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Master's degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level. = 3.23%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 32.26%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 19.35%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 19.35%
- None = 9.68%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 6.45%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 6.45%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 3.23%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 3.23%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- None = 41.94%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 22.58%
- Up to and including 1 month = 19.35%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 9.68%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 3.23%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 3.23%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 32.26%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 25.81%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 19.35%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 12.90%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 6.45%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 3.23%
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Archivists
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Create and maintain accessible, retrievable computer archives and databases, incorporating current advances in electronic information storage technology.
- Organize archival records and develop classification systems to facilitate access to archival materials.
- Authenticate and appraise historical documents and archival materials.
- Provide reference services and assistance for users needing archival materials.
- Direct activities of workers who assist in arranging, cataloguing, exhibiting, and maintaining collections of valuable materials.
- Prepare archival records, such as document descriptions, to allow easy access to information.
- Preserve records, documents, and objects, copying records to film, videotape, audiotape, disk, or computer formats as necessary.
- Establish and administer policy guidelines concerning public access and use of materials.
- Locate new materials and direct their acquisition and display.
- Research and record the origins and historical significance of archival materials.
- Specialize in an area of history or technology, researching topics or items relevant to collections to determine what should be retained or acquired.
- Coordinate educational and public outreach programs, such as tours, workshops, lectures, and classes.
- Select and edit documents for publication and display, applying knowledge of subject, literary expression, and presentation techniques.
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Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Digital cameras (Compact digital cameras)
- Scanners (Data input scanners)
- Desktop computers
- Scanners (Digitizers)
- Inkjet printers
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Personal computers
Technologies Include:
- Data base user interface and query software
- Archivists' Toolkit
- Archon
- DiMeMa CONTENTdm
- FileMaker Pro software
- Microsoft Access
- Development environment software
- Encoded Archival System EAD
- Electronic mail software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Enterprise application integration software
- Extensible markup language XML
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop software
- Corel Paint Shop Pro
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Presentation software
- Presentation software
- Project management software
- Adlib Information Systems Adlib Archive
- Gallery Systems The Museum System
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Video creation and editing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Premiere Pro software
- Apple Final Cut Pro
- Web platform development software
- Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
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Special Requirements
-Austin, Texas (Hilton Austin)
-Cincinnati, Ohio (Old State Capitol Museum)
-Denver, Colorado (Denver Water)
-Jefferson City, Missouri (Missouri State Archives)
-Kansas City, Missouri (University of Missouri-Kansas City)
-Milwaukee, Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
-New York, New York (Museum of Jewish Heritage)
-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (National Archives & Records
Administration)
-Portland, Oregon (Portland City Hall)
-St. Louis, Missouri (National Personnel Records Center)
-San Francisco, California (California Judicial Center)
-Washington, D.C. (Howard University Law Library)
Required Fees:
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Internships
Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
The Henry Ford
20900 Oakwood Boulevard
Dearborn, MI 48121-1970
http://www.hfmgv.org/employment/internships.asp#simmons
Designed for students enrolled in graduate programs interested in pursuing careers in history, American studies, museum studies or related fields, the Simmons Internship Program provides participants with an exceptional opportunity to experience life in a major American history museum. Each of the two interns will work directly with a curator who serves as a mentor. In addition to completing specific project assignments, Simmons Interns are encouraged to participate in the larger life of the institution in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the varied aspects of museum work. The capstone experience of the internship is a formal public presentation of project results.
Library of Congress
Junior Fellows Program
Washington, DC
http://www.loc.gov/hr/jrfellows/
Fellows, working with primary source materials, will assist selected division in fulfilling their mission to reduce the arrearage by organizing and documenting archival collections, producing finding aids and bibliographic records, preparing materials for preservation and service, and doing bibliographical research; and, contribute to the Library's efforts to digitize its historical collections.
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/education/interns-fellows.html
The National Gallery of Art offers approximately 20 summer internships to candidates from all backgrounds who have completed at least an undergraduate degree by June. Each intern’s project will be directed by a Gallery curator or department head. Biweekly “orientation†sessions will introduce interns to the broad spectrum of museum work through lectures and tours given by the different curators and department heads. Placements are available in many of the Gallery departments. Relevant departments are the Gallery Archives, Photographic Archives, Slide Library, Curatorial Records and Files, and Conservation.
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Lemelson Center Internship Program
http://www.si.edu/ofg/intern.htm
The Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, offers full time, ten week, archival internship opportunities for graduate students each summer.
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Archivists
Additional Resources
For information on archivists and on schools offering courses in archival studies, contact:
Society of American Archivists
527 South Wells St.
5th floor
Chicago, IL 60607-3922
http://www.archivists.org
For general information about careers as a curator and schools offering courses in museum studies, contact:
American Association of Museums
1575 I St. NW.
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
http://www.aam-us.org
For information about conservation and preservation careers and education programs, contact:
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
1717 K St. NW.
Suite 301
Washington, DC 20006
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/aic
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
83.00 | History and Archeology | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
78.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
76.50 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
67.00 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
65.25 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
63.00 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
50.75 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
75.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
72.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
59.50 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
56.25 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
56.25 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
56.25 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
56.25 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
53.00 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
53.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
50.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
75.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
75.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
75.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
72.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
72.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
68.75 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
62.50 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
59.50 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
53.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
53.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
53.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
91.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
89.50 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
84.75 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
80.75 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
80.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
75.00 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
74.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
73.50 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
73.25 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
73.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
71.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
70.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
70.25 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
68.50 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
68.25 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
67.50 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
65.75 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
64.75 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
64.25 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
64.25 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
63.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
62.00 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
60.50 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
58.75 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
57.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
55.75 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
55.75 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
54.00 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
50.75 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
98.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
92.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
80.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
78.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
74.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
74.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
73.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
71.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
67.75 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
67.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
67.00 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
61.25 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
60.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
54.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
53.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
66.67 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
61.17 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
55.50 | Recognition | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
55.50 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
98.60 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
95.20 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
93.80 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
83.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
82.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
82.60 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
82.60 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
80.60 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
78.80 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
74.60 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
72.00 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
69.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
65.20 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
64.00 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
62.00 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
59.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
58.80 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
58.00 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
58.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
56.80 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
55.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
53.40 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
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Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
- Job Training
- Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve coordinating, training, supervising, or managing the activities of others to accomplish goals. Very advanced communication and organizational skills are required. Examples include pharmacists, lawyers, astronomers, biologists, clergy, physician assistants, and veterinarians.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $35,310.00 | $58,640.00 | $78,400.00 |
Virginia | $33,670.00 | $63,790.00 | $77,710.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $49,706.80 | $60,132.69 | $69,768.33 |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $36,997.38 | $64,041.36 | $79,654.24 |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | $50,727.58 | $80,414.38 | $96,468.59 |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 8,000 | 8,700 | +8.8% |
Virginia | 189 | 192 | +1.6% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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- Instructional Coordinators
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Archival Records Clerk
- Archives and Historical Documents Director
- Archives and Rare Books Division Curator
- Archives Director
- Archivist
- Collections Director
- Collections Manager
- Curator
- Curator of Manuscripts
- Curatorial Specialist
- Digital Archivist
- Director of Archives
- Docent
- Docent Coordinator
- Film Archivist
- Historical Manuscripts Curator
- Historical Records Administrator
- Image Archivist
- Librarian
- Library Director
- Manuscripts Curator
- Museum Archivist
- Museum Librarian
- Museum Registrar
- Outreach Coordinator
- Photographs Curator
- Processing Archivist
- Project Archivist
- Province Archivist
- Public Records Officer
- Records Administrator
- Records Manager
- Reference Archivist
- Registrar
- State Archivist
- University Archivist
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Washington and Lee University
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