CTE Career Catalog - Digital Image Archivist

Digital Image Archivist

Job Desription

Digital archivists select primary sources that document the activities of institutions, communities, and individuals. They then preserve the records and make them available for others to use. Digital archivists work with records that are created digitally or material that has been changed into a digital format.

Salary average: $57,446

Occupational Outlook

Overall employment of archivists, curators, and museum workers is projected to grow 10 percent from 2022 to 2032, much faster than the average for all occupations

Links to Learn More About This Career:

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/education-training-and-library/curators-museum-technicians-and-conservators.htm

Educational Requirements:

Will need a qualification in archives, information science or computing

University of Kentucky

Address: Lexington, Kentucky

Website: https://admission.uky.edu/

Information on the Major: https://appalachiancenter.as.uky.edu/coal-strike/archives-and-archival-exercise

Western Kentucky University

Address: Bowling Green, KY

Website: https://www.wku.edu/

Information on the Major: https://www.wku.edu/art/

Syracuse University

Address: Syracuse, NY

Website: https://www.syracuse.edu/

Information on the Major: https://ischool.syr.edu/academics/library-and-information-science-masters-degree/?_gl=1*79uky7*_ga*Mzk5MjY3MjcyLjE3MDg5NjM1ODQ.*_ga_JYZJL3F4BE*MTcwODk2MzYyMS4xLjEuMTcwODk2MzY0My4zOC4wLjA.*_gcl_au*MTc3ODE1MTM4NS4xNzA4OTYzNjIx*_ga_QT13NN6N9S*MTcwODk2MzYyMS4xLjEuMTcwODk2MzY2NC4xNy4wLjA.

Soft Skills, Characteristics, and/or Abilities Need For This Career:

Communication: able to explain complex tasks to organizations that are depositing material into the archive. They are also able to help members of the public with research inquiries
Analysis: able to analyze information and make informed decisions about data
Organization: able to handle large volumes of data
Technical skills: enjoys learning new technical skills and trialing tools to carry out work more effectively
Collaboration: good at working with team members, stakeholders, and archive users

Software Knowledge Needed For This Career:

DROID, Apache Tika, BitCurator, CSV Validator

Pros and Cons to Choosing This Career

Pros (Positives to this Career)

Your core role is to make archives available to the community

Cons (Negatives to this Career)

To become an archivist is to become a service provider, not an historian

Typical Working Conditions For This Career:

Inside, long hours of research, carrying historical objects

Career Researched By: Evie Krouse