You like the idea of working with historical documents, but you're not sure exactly what is an archivist? You might want to first read the article: "So You Want to Be an Archivist: An Overview of the Archival Profession." from the Society of American Archivists (SAA) website.

Library and archives joblists

• SAA (Society of American Archivists)
  http://www.archivists.org/employment/index.asp
  
  
• ARLIS (Art Libraries Society of North America)
  http://www.arlisna.org/jobnet.html
  
  
• New England Jobline (hosted by the Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences)
  http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/career/jobline/
  
  
• University of Texas School of Information JobWeb
  http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/jobweb/Search.php
  
  
• MARAC (Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference)
  http://www.lib.umd.edu/MARAC/links/jobs.html
  
  
• SLA (Special Libraries Association) Career Center
  http://sla.jobcontrolcenter.com/search.cfm
  
  
• ARMA International's CareerLink (Association for Information Management Professional)
  http://www2.mbafocus.net/candidates/signin.asp?product=494
  
  
• AAM (American Association of Museums)
  http://museumcareers.aam-us.org/search/browse/ (nb: librarian and archivist jobs are most often listed under "miscellaneous")
  
  
• MuseumProfessionals.org
  http://www.museumprofessionals.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=32 (Archivist Jobs listed here)
  
  
• WNYLRC (Western New York Library Resource Council)
  http://www.wnylrc.org/New/jobswny.htm
  
  
• Global Museum
  http://www.globalmuseum.org/
  
  
• Indeed (type in the word "archivist")
  http://www.indeed.com/
  
  

Resources for the library/archives job search

• The Job Hunt: What I Learned by Meredith Wolfwater, July 2005
  
  
• 101+ Commonly Asked Interview Questions by Ann E. Robinson, October 1999
  
  
• Archives listserv: Summary of responses to job hunt question posted by Pamela Shaffer, April 17, 2005
  
  

Professional organizations

The following are the major professional organziations for archivists (national, regional and local). For a more complete listing see Peter Nelson's "Directory of Regional, State and Local Archival Organizations in the United States" at: http://sophia.smith.edu/~pnelson/regionals/index.htm

National/International:

• SAA (Society of American Archivists)
  http://www.archivists.org
  
  
• ARMA International (Association for Information Management Professional)
  http://www.arma.org/
  
  
• ACA (Association of Canadian Archivists)
  http://archivists.ca/home/
  
  
• Society of Archivists (principal professional body for archivists, archive conservators and records managers in the United Kingdom and Ireland)
  http://www.archives.org.uk/
  
  

Regional:

• MARAC (Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference)
  http://www.lib.umd.edu/MARAC/
  
  
• MAC (Midwest Archives Conference)
  http://www.lib.washington.edu/nwa/
  
  
• NEA (New England Archivists)
  http://www.newenglandarchivists.org/
  
  
• SSA (Society of Southwest Archivists)
  http://southwestarchivists.org/
  
  
• SOLINET (Southeastern Library Network, Inc.)
  http://www.solinet.net/index.cfm
  
  
• SCA (Society of California Archivists)
  http://www.calarchivists.org/
  
  
• Northwest Archivists
  http://www.lib.washington.edu/nwa/
  
  

Local:

• WNYLRC (Western New York Library Resource Council)
  http://www.wnylrc.org/
  
  
• RLRC (Rochester Regional Library Council)
  http://rrlc.entrexp.com/orgmain.asp?sid=&orgID=24
  
  

Listservs

(information from the SOLINET and SAA websites)

Unless otherwise noted, you can subscribe by sending a one line e-mail reading "Subscribe ListName YourFirstName YourLastName" to the server account address listed below. For example, AMIA-L would look like this "Subscribe AMIA-L John Doe" sent to the address [listserv@lsv.uky.edu]

• AMIA-L Preservation of moving images
  Email: listserv@lsv.uky.edu / Website: AIMA listserv archives
  
  
• ARCHIVES Professional archivist listserv sponsored by SAA, hosted by Miami University, Ohio
  Email: listserv@miamiu.muohio.edu / Website: ARCHIVES listserv archives
  
  
• CONSERVATION DISTLIST Preservation and conservation sponsored by CoOL (Conservation Online)
  Email: consdist-request@lindy.stanford.edu ("Subscribe Cons DistList Your Name" ) / Website: Conservation DisList archives
  
  
• DIGLIB Digital libraries listserv sponsored by IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
  Email: listserv@infoserv.nlc-bnc.ca / Website: DIGLIB listserv archives
  
  
• ERECS-L Management and preservation of electronic records
  Email: listserv@uacsc2.Albany.edu / Website: ERECS-L listserv archives
  
  
• EXLIBRIS Rare books & special collections sponsored by CoOL
  Email: listproc@library.berkeley.edu / Website: Exlibris listserv archives
  
  
• IMAGELIB Digital imaging and technologies
  Email: listserv@arizona.edu / Website: IMAGELIB listserv archives
  
  
• MUSEUM-L Museums listserv
  Email: listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com / Website: MUSEUM-L listserv archives
  
  
• SAAMUS-L SAA Museums Archives listserv hosted by the Smithsonian Institute
  Email: listserv@si-listserv.si.edu (in the body of the message type: "SUBSCRIBE SAAMUS-L") / Website: SAAMUS-L listserv archives
  
  
• VisualMat Visual Materials section listserv
  Email: majordomo@listlink.berkeley.edu (in the body of the message type: "subscribe visualmat") / Website: Visual Materials Section homepage
  
  

Archival education

• SAA's directory of Archival Education
  http://www.archivists.org/prof-education/edd-index.asp
  
  
• For more detailed information on archival education -- please contact the Processing Archivists at the University Archives:
     **Karen Walton Morse attended University of Michigan School of Information
     **Jessica Tanny attended Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science program
  
  
• Preservation 101 -- an online course in paper preservation from the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC)
  http://www.nedcc.org/p101cs/p101wel.htm
  
  
• Modern Archives Institute -- hosted by NARA (National Archives and Records Administration)
  A two week program on the east coast to introduce participants to archival theory and practice and the responsibilities of archival work.
  http://www.archives.gov/preservation/modern-archives-institute/
  
  
• Western Archives Institute -- hosted by California State Archives
  A two week program on the west coast to introduce participants to archival theory and practice and the responsibilities of archival work.
  http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/level3_wai.html
  
  
• Records Management Nationwide Training -- compiled by NARA (National Archives and Records Administration)
  http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/training/m
  
  
• List of Professional Certification Programs for Archives Professionals -- NARA (National Archives and Records Administration)
  http://www.archives.gov/preservation/professionals/certification.html
  
  
• Rare Book School at the University of Viriginia
  http://www.virginia.edu/oldbooks/2006/index.php
  
  

Publications and Journals

Please note: The University Libraries has many of these titles available for research. Please check BISON for availability.

• American Archivist Journal (published by SAA)
  http://www.archivists.org/periodicals/aa.asp
  
  
• Archival Outlook Newsletter (published by SAA)
  http://www.archivists.org/periodicals/ao.asp
  
  
• Archival Science (formally Archives and Museum Informatics)
  http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=105703
  
  
• Archivaria (published by the Association of Canadian Archivists)
  http://archivists.ca/publications/archivaria.aspx
  
  
• Journal of Archival Organization (published by the Hawthorne Press)
  (available online through the University at Buffalo)
  
  
• Whitepapers on preservation (available online and published by NEDCC)
  http://www.nedcc.org/leaflets/leaf.htm
  
  

Resources

• Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology
  http://www.archivists.org/glossary/index.asp
  
  
• Archivist Daybook (a calendar of historical and future events relating to the archival professional maintained by the Society of Southwest Archivists
  http://southwestarchivists.org/HTML/Daybook.htm
  
  
• CoOL (Conservation Online)
  http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/
  
  
• Ready, 'Net, Go! -- Archival Internet Resources (sponsored by the Special Collections Division at Tulane University)
  http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/ArchivesResources.html
  
  
• Archivist's Toolkit (sponsored by the Archives Association of British Columbia)
  http://aabc.bc.ca/aabc/toolkit.html
  
  
• The British Library: National Preservation Office Leaflets
  http://www.bl.uk/services/npo/publicationsleaf.html
  
  
• Repair and Enclosure Treatments Manual by Garry Harrison
  Head, Circulating Collections Conservation, Indiana University Libraries
  http://www.indiana.edu/~libpres/manual/mantoc.html