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Bridging Skills and Opportunities

Archivists must organise, archive, conserve and maintain important collections of historical records.

Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Active Learning etc.

Collections care, Conservation, Digital preservation Disaster preparedness, and Reformatting

Few important things to remember about the appraisal of a record:
As a checklist for archival importance, archivists use collection policies and evaluation guidelines. Such standards allow archivists to separate themselves from their distinctive whims and biases.
There is no exact appraisal formula. The use of parameters will not give us an immediate \"keep\" or don't keep\" response. In view of background and research, evaluation involves weighing multiple variables. This informed judgement requires experience, ability, discernment, a broad general understanding, some subject knowledge, and a strong grasp of the current holdings of the archives.
The valuation is never over. Before they receive them, archivists review documents. Then, when they may cull additional items, they continue to assess them while they process certain documents. It also keeps in mind the shape of the entire holdings of the institution, so that archivists can try to fix underrepresented topics or individuals in their collections.
Context is everything. The archival value of individual objects depends very much on their relationship with their surrounding documents. Within a set of other documents, the location of an item will decide whether that item is retained or culled.
Archivists explain their work. They record the process of assessment of what is retained and what is rejected. Archivists aim to explain their method of thought and what changes they have made to a body of documents so that historians are clear about the original state and purpose of those records.

Parchment can be stored in polyester envelopes. For the long-term preservation of organic material like parchment, the ideal temperature range is 10-15°C with a relative humidity level of 30-50%.
How to clean used parchment paper:
- First, gently remove any lingering crumbs or baked-on pieces.
- Cut away any parts that look burned.
- Wipe the parchment paper on the used side(s) with a soft damp cloth.
- Allow to dry.

Oral history helps people, through their own voices, to tell their experiences through their words, with their interpretation of what happened and why. The voices of our narrators will survive to talk for them when they are gone, with close attention to preserving our sound recordings.

Digitization is the process by which information is translated into a digital format in which data is organised into bits. The effect is the representation, by generating a series of numbers describing a discrete set of points or samples, of an object, image, sound, document or signal.

Light accelerates library and archival material degradation. It contributes to cellulose fibre weakening and embrittlement and can cause bleach, yellow, or darkening of paper. Media and dyes are often induced to fade or change colour, affecting the legibility and/or appearance of documents, photos, works of art, and bindings. Any light exposure, except for a short time, is harmful, and the damage is cumulative and permanent.
Since total damage is a function of both exposure intensity and length, illumination should be kept as low as possible for the shortest amount of time feasible (consistent with user comfort). Materials should preferably only be exposed to light when in use.
Air Quality - Pollutants contribute heavily to library and archival material degradation. Gases and particulates are the two significant forms of contaminants. Gaseous pollutants catalyse harmful chemical reactions, especially sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, peroxides, and ozone, leading to acid forming in materials.
It is complicated and complex to regulate air quality and relies on many inter-related factors. Various criteria have been proposed for air quality.
In the preservation of library and archival collections, temperature and relative humidity regulation are important because unacceptable levels of this lead significantly to material breakdown. Heat accelerates deterioration: with each rise in temperature of 18°F (10°C), the rate of most chemical reactions, including deterioration, is roughly doubled.

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Storing them in a relatively dry setting is one of the easiest ways to help protect your artefacts. In living areas, which are much dryer then shed garages or basements, metal objects can usually be stored. For most objects, attics are usually too hot.

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The overall expense of the archive system that houses the storage room - the necessary portion of the capital cost and the annual operating costs.
The average expense of the staff employed for the archive each year.
The annual cost of the raw materials that are needed to run the archive, such as tapes, forms and office equipment.
The annual cost of sound equipment used for the original information carriers to be played back and copied onto the archive carrier - again, part of the cost of capital and the annual cost of service.