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T O P I C R E V I E WRobert PearlmanThe History Division at NASA Headquarters is hiring a Chief Archivist. Candidates must be U.S. citizens (if a current US government employee, see here). Closing date for applications is Dec. 30, 2016. The Archivist position serves as the lead for policy guidance on archival issues across the agency, reporting to the Chief Historian in the History Division within the Office of Communications. Provides historical archival and technical information to the aerospace field. The archivist is responsible for managing, maintaining, and enhancing the NASA Headquarters Historical Reference, the historical reference service available to NASA personnel, NASA-sponsored historical researchers, and researchers in other agencies, universities, the media and the general public.KSCartistYou would be perfect for this Robert.Robert PearlmanAppreciate the vote of confidence Tim. It is not a position I am pursuing but I will certainly be appreciative of the person who fills the role.cfreeze79Based on what I know of federal hiring practices, with only a week-long application window, odds are they already know who has they want for the position...moorougeSpeaking as one who has had experience of trying to unearth information from the NASA archives, I hope that whoever is appointed makes a better job of preserving records of all the many facets of the NASA history than has been done in the past. All too many items from the early days have either been destroyed or gone missing much to one's annoyance when trying to research a particular aspect of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo history.
The Archivist position serves as the lead for policy guidance on archival issues across the agency, reporting to the Chief Historian in the History Division within the Office of Communications. Provides historical archival and technical information to the aerospace field. The archivist is responsible for managing, maintaining, and enhancing the NASA Headquarters Historical Reference, the historical reference service available to NASA personnel, NASA-sponsored historical researchers, and researchers in other agencies, universities, the media and the general public.
The archivist is responsible for managing, maintaining, and enhancing the NASA Headquarters Historical Reference, the historical reference service available to NASA personnel, NASA-sponsored historical researchers, and researchers in other agencies, universities, the media and the general public.
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