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Working as an archivist: roles and responsibilities
Information that cannot be found or is poorly preserved undermines work and organisational memory. Structure your archives management to facilitate document classification, retrieval and preservation. Bring greater consistency to your practices and interactions with users.
- Duration
- 3 days 21 hours
- Code
- ADB02FR Code
Presentation
Collecting, classifying, preserving and providing access to records are core archivist responsibilities. An archivist is a custodian responsible for archives, a guardian of memory, a mediator, a manager and a decision-maker. The profession has evolved considerably with the emergence of many new archival media, ISO standards and a comprehensive regulatory framework.
Objectives
- Acquire skills specific to the archivist profession.
- Understand how an archives preservation service operates.
- Learn to collect, classify, inventory, preserve, restore, provide access to and promote archival records.
- Develop the technical skills needed to archive electronic data on electronic media.
Program
- Fundamental concepts:
- The French Heritage Code.
- Archiving definitions and terminology.
- Archivist professional skills:
- Collecting, classifying, describing, preserving, providing access to and promoting archives.
- Defining a documentary collection development policy.
- Defining archives retention rules.
- Information classification.
- The archival records life cycle.
- Archiving tools.
- Archivist responsibilities and code of ethics.
Audience
- Archives managers.
- Archives liaison officers.
- Trainee archivists.
- Anyone seeking an overview of the archivist profession.
Cette formation s'adresse aux profils suivants
Prerequisites
None.
Teaching and assessment methods
- Initial skills assessment
- Training materials provided to participants
- Continuous assessment throughout the course
- End-of-course feedback questionnaire
- Combination of theory and practical application
- Attendance records
- Post-course follow-up evaluation
Dates and sessions
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No upcoming sessions are currently available.
Last update: 24/09/2026