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As an intellectual discipline , archives administration today embraces studies in numerous functional areas : records management , which may be defined as that field of general management that deals with the creation , maintenance , and disposal of records ; archival buildings and storage facilities ; records preservation and rehabilitation ; archival arrangement ; archival description ; reference service , including photoduplication ; exhibition , interpretation , and publication of archival collections ; and the administration of personal papers .
Archivists are employed by government agencies , colleges , universities , libraries , museums , historical associations , corporations , research firms , medical institutions , professional associations , and religious and fraternal organizations . |
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