"The Smithsonian Institution Archives receives dozens of inquiries every year from students and recent graduates about the archives profession and how to become an archivist. Since this is such a popular topic, we decided to make our responses to the most common questions available to a wider audience. While the responses below are intended to address the archival profession in general, they ultimately reflect my own experiences and those of my immediate colleagues."

See: http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/some-archival-career-advice

Beth St. Jean, Assistant Professor
College of Information Studies - "Maryland's iSchool"
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-6573