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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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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”
- Speak to various groups, organizations, and clubs to promote the aims and activities of historical societies.
- Collect detailed information on individuals for use in biographies.
- Present historical accounts in terms of individuals or social, ethnic, political, economic, or geographic groupings.
- Teach and conduct research in colleges, universities, museums, and other research agencies and schools.
- Interview people to gather information about historical events and to record oral histories.
- Research and prepare manuscripts in support of public programming and the development of exhibits at historic sites, museums, libraries, and archives.
- Conserve and preserve manuscripts, records, and other artifacts.
- Prepare publications and exhibits, or review those prepared by others, to ensure their historical accuracy.
- 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, and publish or present findings and theories.
- Trace historical development in a particular field, such as social, cultural, political, or diplomatic history.
- Edit historical society publications.
- Determine which topics to research, or pursue research topics specified by clients or employers.
- Coordinate activities of workers engaged in cataloging and filing materials.
- Research the history of a particular country or region, or of a specific time period.
- Organize information for publication and for other means of dissemination, such as use in CD-ROMs or Internet sites.
- Recommend actions related to historical art, such as which items to add to a collection or which items to display in an exhibit.
- Translate or request translation of reference materials.
- Advise or consult with individuals and institutions regarding issues such as the historical authenticity of materials or the customs of a specific historical period.
- Conduct historical research as a basis for the identification, conservation, and reconstruction of historic places and materials.
- Organize data, and analyze and interpret its authenticity and relative significance.
Related Technology & Tools
- Microphones
- Computer inkjet printers
- Laptop computers
- Digital still cameras
- Microfilm readers
- Digital audio recorders
- Computer laser printers
- Personal computers
- Photocopying equipment
- Microfiche readers
- Data input scanners
- Analog-to-digital converters
- Email software
- ArchiveGrid
- Structured query language SQL
- Archives Wiki
- Gutenberg-e
- Microsoft Excel
- Searchable online catalogs
- Web browser software
- Extensible markup language XML
- Reference management software
- SPSS
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- Page markers
- Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
- ProQuest Archive Finder
- Web Scrapbook
- Smithsonian Institution digital archives
- Archival databases
- QuarkXPress
- Library of Congress digital collections
- Digital mapping software
- TokenX
- National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
- Scanning software
- Text mining software
- Statistical analysis software
- Google Books NGram Viewer
- Audio editing software
- Database management systems
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Corel WordPerfect
- Microsoft Word
- National Archives online databases
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Microsoft Office
- Digital image collections
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat