A*CENSUS (Archival Census and Education Needs Survey in the United States), 2004

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Label

A*CENSUS (Archival Census and Education Needs Survey in the United States), 2004

Creator

• Society of American Archivists
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Contributor

• A*CENSUS Principal Research Consultant

Author

• Society of American Archivists
• A*CENSUS Principal Research Consultant

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Subject

• education costs
• educational assessment
• educational background
• educational needs
• employment
• leadership
• management
• associations
• professional development
• records management
• student financial aid
• survey
• professional associations
• career development
• career history
• census
• continuing education

Genre

• survey

Summary

The A*CENSUS, the first comprehensive survey of individuals in the archival profession since 1982, was designed to collect baseline demographic data on archivists in the workforce in the United States, identify the knowledge and skills archivists need to do their jobs and adapt to future demands, and gauge the capacity of graduate and continuing education programs to deliver the necessary knowledge and skills. Detailed information was collected from all respondents in the following subject areas: basic demographic information (age, gender, race/ethnicity), employment (full/part-time, average hours per week, type of employer, years employed, functions), education (degrees, majors, years awarded), training and continuing education (sources, delivery formats and methods, support from employer for obtaining, barriers to obtaining, topical priorities), career paths (impetus for first archival job, careers prior to entering archival work, plans to leave archival work including retirement), professional association affiliation (membership in archival and other associations, support from employer for participation, impetus for joining), leadership/professional involvement (conference attendance, presentations, publications authored, teaching experience, leadership positions in archival and nonarchival organizations, strength of ties to archival profession), and issues of greatest importance