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Job Description
Research, analyze, record, and interpret the past as recorded in sources, such as government and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-3093.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 60,990.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 29.00
- Currently, there are 2,950 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Historians”.
Also Known As…
- Historians
- Researcher
- Research Associate
- Programs Director
- Historical Interpreter
- Historic Sites Registrar
- Historic Interpreter
- Historian
- County Records Management Officer (County RMO)
- County Historian
- Administrative Volunteer
- Supervisory Historian
- State Historical Society Director
- Research Director
- Protohistorian
- Music Historian
- Medical Historian
- Historiographer
- Historical Society Director
- Genealogist
- Film Historian
- Field Court Researcher
- Dramatic Arts Historian
- Dance Historian
Tasks for “Reference Data Expert”
- Collect detailed information on individuals for use in biographies.
- Organize data, and analyze and interpret its authenticity and relative significance.
- Gather historical data from sources such as archives, court records, diaries, news files, and photographs, as well as collect data sources such as books, pamphlets, and periodicals.
- Conduct historical research as a basis for the identification, conservation, and reconstruction of historic places and materials.
- Determine which topics to research, or pursue research topics specified by clients or employers.
- Present historical accounts in terms of individuals or social, ethnic, political, economic, or geographic groupings.
- Research the history of a particular country or region, or of a specific time period.
- Recommend actions related to historical art, such as which items to add to a collection or which items to display in an exhibit.
- Teach and conduct research in colleges, universities, museums, and other research agencies and schools.
- Coordinate activities of workers engaged in cataloging and filing materials.
- Edit historical society publications.
- Research and prepare manuscripts in support of public programming and the development of exhibits at historic sites, museums, libraries, and archives.
- Speak to various groups, organizations, and clubs to promote the aims and activities of historical societies.
- Translate or request translation of reference materials.
- Conserve and preserve manuscripts, records, and other artifacts.
- Conduct historical research, and publish or present findings and theories.
- Organize information for publication and for other means of dissemination, such as use in CD-ROMs or Internet sites.
- Prepare publications and exhibits, or review those prepared by others, to ensure their historical accuracy.
- Interview people to gather information about historical events and to record oral histories.
- Advise or consult with individuals and institutions regarding issues such as the historical authenticity of materials or the customs of a specific historical period.
- Trace historical development in a particular field, such as social, cultural, political, or diplomatic history.
Related Technology & Tools
- Data input scanners
- Analog-to-digital converters
- Computer inkjet printers
- Photocopying equipment
- Microfiche readers
- Personal computers
- Microphones
- Laptop computers
- Digital still cameras
- Computer laser printers
- Digital audio recorders
- Microfilm readers
- Web browser software
- Structured query language SQL
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
- Statistical analysis software
- ArchiveGrid
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Email software
- Searchable online catalogs
- Web Scrapbook
- ProQuest Archive Finder
- Library of Congress digital collections
- Smithsonian Institution digital archives
- Database management systems
- Extensible markup language XML
- Corel WordPerfect
- Audio editing software
- Reference management software
- Geographic information system GIS software
- SPSS
- TokenX
- Archival databases
- Page markers
- Gutenberg-e
- Google Books NGram Viewer
- QuarkXPress
- Microsoft Word
- Text mining software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- Digital image collections
- Microsoft Office
- Digital mapping software
- Scanning software
- Archives Wiki
- Microsoft Excel
- National Archives online databases