The social prestige of the professions of a documentalist and archivist in Russia
https://doi.org/10.20310/1810-0201-2020-25-188-221-231
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Abstract
The work is devoted to the issue of the social prestige of the professions of a documentalist and archivist in Russia. The prestige of the professions is indicated by the data of scientific publications and examples taken from the works of fiction and art, which are also a reflection of the public perceptions of each historical stage. Professions are formed simultaneously with the development of public administration, and their prestige depended on the level of the hierarchy at which a particular position was located. One of the highest posts in the state service of the Russian Empire was the position of personal secretary. A prestigious service was considered to be in the Moscow Archive of the College of Foreign Affairs. In the 19th century the posts of secretary and state secretary were prestigious. In the first half of the 20th century, the replacement of old qualified personnel with ordinary workers takes place. In the second half of the 20th century we can talk about a certain rise in prestige by continuing to organize the scientific organization of labor, creating a powerful material, technical and legal basis that regulates records management and archiving. Currently, there are changes in the technology of working with documents related to digitalization, the emergence of new positions, the profession of documentalist is in demand and is more universal in comparison with the profession of archivist. On the basis of the analysis of the questionnaire of archivists, we identify the key factors of the prestige of the documentalist and archivist, among which the main ones are economic and social. A number of state-economic, vocational-educational and public measures are proposed to increase the prestige of professions.
About the Author
O. V. Medvedeva
Derzhavin Tambov State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga V. Medvedeva, Candidate of History, Associate Professor, Head of Library and Information Resources Department.
33 Internatsionalnaya St., Tambov 392000, Russian Federation
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Medvedeva O.V. The social prestige of the professions of a documentalist and archivist in Russia. Tambov University Review. Series: Humanities. 2020;25(188):221-231. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20310/1810-0201-2020-25-188-221-231. EDN: eextjv
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