2621-Archivists, Curators and Conservators

Tasks include:

• evaluating and preserving records for administrative, historical, legal, evidential and other purposes
• directing or carrying out the preparation of indexes, bibliographies, microfilm copies and other reference aids to the collected material and making them available to users
• researching the origin, distribution and use of materials and objects of cultural and historical interest
• organising, developing and maintaining collections of artistic, cultural, scientific or historically significant items
• directing or undertaking classification and cataloguing of museum and art gallery collections and organising exhibitions
• researching into, appraising, and developing, organising and preserving historically significant and valuable documents such as government papers, private papers, photographs, maps, manuscripts audio-visual materials
• preparing scholarly papers and reports
• planning and implementing the computerised management of archives and electronic records
• organising exhibitions at museums and art galleries, publicising exhibits and arranging special displays for general, specialised or educational interest
• appraising and acquiring archival materials to build and develop an archival collection for research purposes