From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisharchivistar‧chi‧vist /ˈɑːkɪvɪst $ ˈɑːr-/ noun [countable] BORECORDsomeone who works in an archive
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archivist• An archivist takes collecting a stage beyond.• Meaningful debate will require well stocked electronic warehouses and historians and archivists able to search and manage their cargo of resources.• When asked, archivists and art dealers shrug and allude to the war.• Contemporary archivists and historians may not be the best prepared to select which records should be stored for posterity.• A vigorous round of denials and, yesterday, the suspension of the archivist followed.• Each has set the archivist and potential historian technical, organizational, and intellectual problems of increasing complexity.• The archivist must become the keeper of discs as well as the printed and hand-written word. 