archivist
noun
ar·chi·vist
ˈär-kə-vist 
-ˌkī-
: a person who has the job of collecting and storing the materials in an archive
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When Xandria’s workplace, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, is suddenly locked down, the archivist finds herself on a mission to preserve the Diwata Collection, and must rely on new, adaptive technology in the face of danger.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Some early issues of Currents are preserved at yivo, a Jewish cultural institute, which is bountifully staffed by archivists who help elderly Jews log in to genealogy Web sites.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Stocks after rate cut There is no single way the market behaves after an initial Fed rate cut, no matter what the archivists insist.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2024
Zoom in: Overseen by digital accessioning archivist Dillon Henry, the collection includes circa 19th-century wax cylinder phonographs created by Thomas Edison.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Some early issues of Currents are preserved at yivo, a Jewish cultural institute, which is bountifully staffed by archivists who help elderly Jews log in to genealogy Web sites.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Stocks after rate cut There is no single way the market behaves after an initial Fed rate cut, no matter what the archivists insist.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2024
Zoom in: Overseen by digital accessioning archivist Dillon Henry, the collection includes circa 19th-century wax cylinder phonographs created by Thomas Edison.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
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archivist
noun
ar·chi·vist
ˈär-kə-vəst
-ˌkī-
: a person in charge of archives
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