Duties and tasks

• Directing or carrying out the preparation of indexes, bibliographies, microfilm copies and other reference aids to the collected material and making them available to users
• Evaluating and preserving records for administrative, historical, legal, evidential and other purposes
• Researching into, appraising, organizing and preserving historically significant and valuable documents such as government papers, private papers, photographs, maps, manuscripts and audiovisual materials
• Appraising and acquiring archival materials to build and develop an archival collection for research purposes
• Planning and implementing the computerized management of archives and electronic records
• Researching the origin, distribution and use of materials and objects of cultural and historical interest
• Preparing scholarly papers and reports
• Organizing exhibitions at museums and art galleries, publicizing exhibits and arranging special displays for general, specialized or educational interest
• Organizing, developing and maintaining collections of artistic, cultural, scientific or historically significant items
• Directing or undertaking classification and cataloguing of museum and art gallery collections and organizing exhibitions