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Hi Sam The usual route is to spend time (often a year) working as a trainee archivist or archive assistant before undertaking a masters degree in archive management/administration. This is the experience that the courses require (not experience working as a full blown archivist). Competition for trainee archivist and archive assistant posts is quite intense so it is a good idea to do some unpaid work experience in one or more archive services before applying for these positions. This will give you an opportunity to acquire some basic skills and knowledge and show that you are committed to archiving as a career. Hope this helps! Richard Sent from my iPhone > On 14 Feb 2020, at 11:46, Sam Leather <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hello. > > My apologies if this is the wrong place to post this, but I am trying to figure out the answer to a bit of a conundrum. > > I am interested in a career working in an archive. > > I possess a Masters degree in the History of Warfare from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, and a first class honours degree in War Studies. > > From my research it seems that a requirement for working in an archive is a degree recognised by the Archives and Records Association. However on the application requirements for degrees listed on the ARA website, they require previous experience working in an archive. I am confused, as how do you gain experience in an archive if available positions require a recognised degree for which institutions say you need previous experience to apply? > > I hope someone can shed some light on this. > > Kind regards > > Sam Leather > Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra