Also called: Digital Preservation Specialist
Saves digital history like old websites, video games, emails, and floppy disks before they're lost.
You recover files from a 1990s floppy disk, convert them to modern formats, and catalog them for a museum. Some archivists specialize in preserving classic video games.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in library science or archives.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Library and Information Science, History, Computer Science.
Growing about average. Small field.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI writes metadata and transcribes old records; rescuing old disks and deciding what to keep stay human.
Classes: AP US History, Computer applications, English.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-4011.
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