Archives assistant vs project archivist

Differences between archives assistant and project archivist duties and responsibilities

Archives assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage, evaluate documents as needed, digitizing paper documents for archiving
• Manage receipt of monographs and serials from cataloging and perform post-cataloging processing.
• Assist archivists in preserving historical materials, digitizing collections, and data management.
• Create html playlists of digital media for online access, using Dreamweaver software.
• Prepare articles for internet publishing and archiving through HTML coding, proofreading and correction of format.
• Cataloge records utilizing MARC format for bibliographic database.
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Project archivist example responsibilities.

• Manage the cataloging and archiving of license consumer products.
• Create EAD finding aids for every manuscript collection.
• Organize and labele each image for scanning and digitizing.
• Describe media materials in xml-encode finding aid using local and national cataloging standards.
• Create correspondences/completed FDA forms/maintain submission calendars/review submission documents.
• Create correspondences/completed FDA forms/maintain submission calendars/review submission documents.