A Study on the Differences of Perceptions between Practitioners and Students in Archives & Record Management on the Professionalism of Archivists

Abstract

This study aims to examine the differences of perceptions on the professionalism of archivists between the archivists and the students majored in archives and record management. The professionalism elements required for archivist as the profession were drawn as 8 items and 29 detailed elements in total 3 fields based on the literature review and the domestic and foreign case studies. The study hypothesis was based on the extracted results. The questionnaires were composed to conduct survey for archivists and students. As a result of it, this study could confirm that differences of perceptions on the professionalism for archivists between the archivists and students exists.