Tiers and Audiences

Tiers

Foundational courses focus on the essential skills that archivists need to manage archival records in a variety of formats.They apply primarily, but not exclusively, on the needs of practitioners—archivists who are or will be working directly with historical records.These courses present information that an archivist might implement in the next year.

Tactical and Strategic courses focus on the skills that archivists need to make significant changes in their organizations so that they can develop an archives and work seriously on managing archival records in all formats. These concentrate primarily, but not exclusively, on the needs of managers—those archivists who manage other professionals and who oversee programmatic operations. These courses present information that an archivist might implement in the next five years.

Tools and Services courses focus on specific tools and services that archivists need to use for their work with archival records in a variety of formats. They are practical courses focused on specific software products and other tools and they focus primarily, but not exclusively, on the needs of practitioner archivists. These courses present information that an archivist could implement immediately.

Transformational courses focus on the management skills archivists need to facilitate the long range plan of a fully operational archival repository. These courses focus primarily, but not exclusively, on the needs of administrators—those archivists with oversight over the entire archival enterprise of an institution. These courses present information that an archivist might implement over the course of the next 10 years.

Audiences

Administrator: An archivist in a large archive who oversees managing archivists, who is responsible for organizational planning, and who does not manage records personally but must ensure an organization’s capacity to manage those records.

IT professional: A professional in charge of various levels of the information technology management in an organization and who is responsible for providing information technology support to an archives.

Legal professional: A professional who is responsible for providing legal advice and support to an archives.

Librarian: A library professional whose primary responsibility is dealing with publications and their use (including digital publications).

Manager: An archivist who has oversight of the work of other professional archivists and who may or may not manage records directly.

Museum professional: A professional who has responsibility for the management and use of cultural and scientific artifacts.

Practitioner: A hands-on front-line archivist who manages directly.

Records manager: A professional who is responsible for the management of the records of an organization across their life cycle and who also may have sole responsibility for the management of an organization’s archives.