archivist
a person responsible for preserving, organizing, or servicing archival material.
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With the help of an archivist at the Benson Ford Research Center, Weineck was able to track down this file.
How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? (Ep. 480) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 28, 2021 | FreakonomicsFollowing their belief that music “belongs to the people,” these archivists hope their work will keep the legacy and history of Tanzania around for generations to come.
Now a group of archivists from the Tanzania Heritage Project are working to digitize as much of Radio Tanzania’s archive as possible before the physical records are lost to time.
While it’s tempting to laminate everything once you get the hang of it, it’s definitely a no-no when it comes to certain governmental and legal materials and serious archivists should evaluate the best preservation options.
Laminating sheets that organize and protect your documents and more | PopSci Commerce Team | February 5, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe American Foundation for the Blind archivist Helen Selsdon says Keller “moved away from that position.”
Co-Founding the ACLU, Fighting for Labor Rights and Other Helen Keller Accomplishments Students Don't Learn in School | Video by Arpita Aneja | December 15, 2020 | Time
Part-time archivist Lorelei Galbreath keeps a stack of folders as tall as a newborn on her desk.
In Wichita, the Ground Zero of the Abortion War, a New Clinic Rises | Allison Yarrow | January 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was an American archivist who sought to keep the American musical tradition alive even when it was under assault.
At the library, archivist Michael Stephens says Romney may even end up with his own display case, right beside the one for George.
She even applied for a job as an archivist for the Girl Scouts of America.
His successor, at one time the conventual archivist, loved books equally well, and got together a fair collection.
Old English Libraries | Ernest SavageWhen the leaden coffin was soldered, six seals were placed upon it, five by cardinals, and one by the archivist.
Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 | Francis Marion CrawfordWith the office of the provincial secretary the provincial archivist necessarily has very close relations.
The Ontario Archives | Alexander FraserThen comes reasoning; the voice of the old archivist getting loud.
The French Revolution | Thomas CarlyleThe French, too, have invented a profession unknown in England—that of archivist.
Old and New Paris, v. 1 | Henry Sutherland Edwards
British Dictionary definitions for archivist
/ (ˈɑːkɪvɪst) /
a person in charge of archives, their collection, and cataloguing
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