Job description Archive Assistant in the Vancouver Island and Coast Region
Find out what work is like for an archive assistant in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Library and public archive technicians (NOC 52100).
Library and public archive technicians
Description
Library and public archive technicians assist users in accessing library or archive resources, assist in describing new acquisitions, participate in archive processing and storage, and conduct reference searches. They are employed by libraries and public archives.
Job duties
Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Library and public archive technicians have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:
- Library technicians
- Assist library users in accessing books, films, photographs, maps, documents, electronic materials and other library materials
- Catalogue new library acquisitions under the direction of a librarian
- Perform manual and on-line reference searches and make interlibrary loans for users
- Assist librarians in giving tours and providing children's and other specialized library programs.
- Public archive technicians
- Assist in developing inventories, forms and finding aids
- Implement and update classification plans and records scheduling and disposal plans
- Apply standards and policies for storage of records and archival materials
- Codify and classify archival materials
- Put archival materials on microfilm or in databases
- Transfer materials from current to semi-current status or put into permanent storage
- Purge, sort, reduce and sample archives
- Research and retrieve archival materials
- Participate in instructing and assisting users
- Ensure that proper procedures are followed in the use of computerized document management systems.
Related job titles
Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 52100), and a list of similar occupations:
- archive technician
- library technician
- technical indexer - library
Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification
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