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Archivist

Keep history from disappearing

€25k–€50k Low demand

Archivists collect, organise and preserve records — documents, photographs, film, sound — so that researchers, governments and future generations can access them.

1Cataloguing a newly donated collection of personal letters
2Digitising fragile documents before they deteriorate
3Helping a researcher find records they couldn't find alone
4Writing a finding aid that will guide others for decades

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Records managementDigitisationCataloguing standardsPreservation techniques

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Records management
Digitisation
Cataloguing standards
Preservation techniques
Research skills
Database management

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