Archivist

Archivists, also known as scribes, work in Archives under the charge of a High Archivist. Their job is to record, classify and store the knowledge that the High Archivist sends to their teller.

Learning period

Everyone can become an archivist if they wish, there are no pre-requisites that someone has to have before they can become a archivist. It is not even necessary to be able to read and write. The first couple of years of a trainee are spend learning reading and writing, if this is not known in the beginning, and learning writing in Ioquan Shorthand. Besides learning these basic tools, the trainee is also familiarised with the library classification system and storage structure.
After the learning period the trainee will be promoted to junior scribe and will be placed within one of the archives. At this point the junior scribe will be given their Script Extender. At first the new archivist will have to perform tasks under the watchful eye of a senior scribe. This starts out with very simple tasks and practices such as sorting books, looking up already recorded information. When the junior scribe has proven their word they will start to write duplicates of the messages as they come in, checked and corrected by a senior scribe. This is also the time for junior scribes to come up with their own additions to the Ioquan Shorthand and add them to the dictionary of their Script Extender.

Daily work

The daily work of an archivist consists of many different tasks. Their most important task is to record the messages sent to the Teller by the High Archivist. As these messages can be sent at any point during the day, senior scribes work in shifts throughout the day to make sure there are always archivists available to record messages.
Besides recording messages, archivists also categorise and store all the information that comes in. The different Archives that operate from a library also take turns tending to the library and helping customers that come in. This is most often done as one of the tasks of junior scribes when they are not practicing their shorthand.

Type

Research / Scientific