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 records and archives determined to have long-term value. The records maintained by an archivist can cons ...
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 meth ...
, 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 organ ...
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
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Archival science
Archival science, or archival studies, is the study and theory of building and Curator, curating archives, which are collections of documents, Sound recording and reproduction, recordings, photographs and various other materials in physical or di ...
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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, ...
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List of national archives
National archives are central archive, archives maintained by countries or nation states. This article contains a list of national archives. In some countries, National library, national libraries serve the same purpose as national archives - or ...
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List of digital preservation initiatives
References
External links
Society of American Archivists websiteAustralian Society of Archivists websiteInternational Council on Archives
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