archivist

professional who preserves information for long-term use
Intangible profession Q635734
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archivist

Summary

archivist is a profession[1]. archivist draws 236 Wikipedia views per month (profession category, ranking #213 of 1,605).[2]

Key Facts

  • archivist's field of work was Q140685077[3].
  • archivist's field of work was archival science[4].
  • archivist's instance of is recorded as profession[5].
  • archivist's instance of is recorded as position[6].
  • archivist is a type of information professional[7].
  • archivist is a type of archive personnel[8].
  • archivist's Commons category is recorded as Archivists[9].
  • archivist's said to be the same as is recorded as registrar[10].
  • 1900 marks the founding of archivist[11].
  • 1821 marks the founding of archivist[12].
  • archivist's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Archivists[13].
  • archivist's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Archivists by name[14].
  • archivist's ISCO-88 occupation class is recorded as 2431[15].
  • archivist's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[16].
  • archivist's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • archivist's has list is recorded as list of archivists[18].
  • archivist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'archivářka'}[19].
  • archivist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'архивистка'}[20].
  • archivist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'archivera'}[21].
  • archivist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Archivarin'}[22].
  • archivist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'أمينة الأرشيف'}[23].
  • archivist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'arxivera'}[24].
  • archivist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'archiviste'}[25].
  • archivist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'arkivistino'}[26].
  • archivist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lv', 'text': 'arhivāre'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include profession[5] and position[6]. Recorded subclass of include information professional[7] and archive personnel[8].

Origins

Recorded inception include 1900[11] and 1821[12].

Why It Matters

archivist draws 236 Wikipedia views per month (profession category, ranking #213 of 1,605).[2] archivist has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] archivist is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . UNESCO Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Proleksis Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · LM.CR · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fa', '
    Wikidata description → professional who preserves information for long-term use
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tr, en */"
  2. 9d ago · Ronald Weiss · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Electronic and Special Media Services Division (NWME) Spaces, Archivage SIAr 832-2024 Description et inventaires archives.
    Field of this occupation → —
    Field of work → Q140685077, archival science
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P571]]: 1821"
  3. 10w ago · CuratorOfThePast · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Electronic and Special Media Services Division (NWME) Spaces, Archivage SIAr 832-2024 Description et inventaires archives.
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Electronic and Special Media Services Division (NWME) Spaces - DPLA - 450fa5c89f2a2c2753d42e33deef752e.jpg"
  4. 10w ago · CuratorOfThePast · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Field of work → Q140685077, archival science
    Inception → +1900-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1821-00-00T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P101]]: [[Q140685077]]"
  5. 10w ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1900-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1821-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Male form of label → {'lang': 'lb', 'text': 'Archivist'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Archivar'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'archiviste'} +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P571]]: 19. century"
  6. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4DieLU
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  7. 15w ago · Bjankuloski06 · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006616-archivari, h0008514-archivarky
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'archivářka'}, {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'архивистка'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'archivera'} +19
    Male form of label → {'lang': 'lb', 'text': 'Archivist'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Archivar'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'archiviste'} +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2521]]: архиварка"
  8. 15w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006616-archivari, h0008514-archivarky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0006616-archivari, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  9. 18w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Esco occupation id → e3b08984-19fe-4d51-a1b0-990676fc7234
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33182|batch #33182]]: ESCO occupations, matched in OpenRefine"
  10. 22w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → information professional, archive personnel
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Archivists, Category:Archivists by name
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ [[Property:P8283]]: 2621, [[Wikidata:Bots/MarisDreshmanisBot|GSCO]] Phase 1.0: provenance reference for ISCO-08 occupation class (source: ISCO-08 Q113864458)"
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