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Women Archivists Roundtable
Women in the Archival Profession
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You & Your
Work
1. You work in what geographic area:
b) U.S. Southeast c) U.S. Midwest d) U.S. West coast e) U.S. Southwest f) U.S. West g) U.S. Alaska h) U.S. Hawaii i) Canada j) Latin America k) Australia l) Other please specify ______________________________________ 2. Type of repository/institution with which you are associated:
b) corporate c) religious d) government (state, county, municipal) e) museum f) historical society g) Other please specify ______________________________________ 3. You are officially designated as:
b) non-tenured faculty c) professional staff d) paraprofessional staff e) Other please specify ______________________________________ 4. Your title is:
b) Librarian c) Information manager d) Department Head / Chief / Director e) Records Manager f) Other please specify ______________________________________ 5. Your position is:
b) Full time with no benefits c) Part time with benefits d) Part time with no benefits e) Temporary f) Soft-money/year by year 6. You have been an archivist for:
b) 2 - 5 years c) 6 – 10 years d) more than 10 years
7. Is this a second (or more) career choice for you?
Y / N 8. Your education includes (circle all that apply):
b) MA or MS c) MLS d) Ph.D e) archival degree or archival coursework
9. Do you have other certificates given by archival
workshops, institutes, etc.? Y / N
10. Have you ever presented a paper or moderated a
session for SAA? Y / N 11. Are you a member of SAA? Y / N
Are you a member of WAR (formerly WPAIR)? Y / N If no, have you ever attended their meeting? Y / N Are you a member of the Women’s Collections Roundtable? Y / N If no, have you ever attended their meeting? Y / N 12. Are you a Certified Archivist? Y / N
Do you consider certification important to your professional career? Y / N 13. Your salary is:
b) $20,000 - $29,000 c) $30,000 - $39,000 d) $40,000 - $49,000 e) $50,000 - $59,000 f) $60,000 - $74,000 g) $75,000 or above 14. Your direct supervisor is:
b) Female 15. What percentage of your overall duties do you consider "hands-on" (non-administrative) work with the collections?
b) 40 - 50% c) 60 – 80% d) over 80% 16. What percentage of your overall duties do you consider strictly administrative ("office") work?
b) 40 - 50% c) 60 - 80% d) over 80% 17. What portion of your duties involves utilizing the web and/or digitization projects?
b) 5 - 10% c) 10 - 30% d) over 30%
18. Do you feel prepared to deal with rapidly
changing technologies in your workplace? Y / N
19. Do you feel you have received adequate training
to deal with new technologies? Y / N
20. Does your workplace provide appropriate training
in new technologies? Y / N 21. Is training available to:
Training is available for professional staff only Y / N Training is available for upper management only Y / N
22. Do you feel you have the time to take advantage
of this training? Y / N
23. Does your workplace provide appropriate training
in areas other than technology? Y / N
24. Does your department have its own budget or
discretionary funds for training? Y / N 25. Your primary responsibilities involve (circle all that apply):
b) Budget c) Presentations d) Preservation e) Processing f) Public relations / Outreach g) Reference h) Solicitation / Donor relations i) Supervision j) Teaching k) All of the above
26. Do you think your repository makes an effort to
recruit a diverse work force including age, gender,
race, and sexual preference? Y / N
27. Does your repository/institution have a
Committee on the Status of Women or similar
organization? Y / N 28. Do you think SAA needs a committee to address pay equity issues, similar to that of the ALA Committee on Pay Equity? Y / N
Balance of Work & Home 29. How many hours of overtime do you give to your job per month?
b) 2 – 7 c) 8 – 12 d) 13 – 18 e) more than 18 30. Do you believe you work longer hours than your male colleagues do?
b) No c) No opinion
31. Do you have flextime? Y / N
32. Is your attendance and presentation at
workshops, conferences, etc., a factor in your
annual evaluation? Y / N 33. Can you depend on your repository to provide financial support for registration and travel for workshops, conferences, etc.?
b) Yes, they provide some and I pay the rest c) Yes, but only if I’m giving a paper d) Very occasionally, I usually pay most e) No, I always pay the entire amount 34. Can you depend on your repository to provide professional leave for workshops, conferences, etc.?
b) No, I must use annual leave 35. Difficulties you encounter in attending workshops, conferences, etc. include which of the following?
b) Arranging child or elder care Y / N c) Taking time away from work Y / N d) Having no one to take over my duties at work Y/N 36. To which professional organizations do you belong? (circle all that apply):
American Library Association (ALA) American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) American Historical Association (AHA) Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA) Other regional, state, or local U.S. archival association please specify ____________________________________________ Other provincial or local Canadian archival association Please specify____________________________________________
37. Does your repository pay your association
membership fees? Y / N 38. Does your place of employment provide child care? Y / N
41. Does your employer have a tax-deferred shelter
for elder care funds? Y / N 42. Does your employer give adequate maternity/family leave? Y / N
b) No c) No opinion
53. Do you feel that unearthing women’s history
continues to be important? Y / N 54. If so, do you make any special effort to do so? Y / N
b) Books or Periodicals c) Organizational Records d) Personal papers e) Photographs or other visual materials f) Printed materials g) Recorded sound h) Textiles i) Video or other moving pictures
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WAR pages maintained by Jennie Thomas
Last updated: 4 August 2008
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