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Re: ACA Exam



Here here! Please post responses to Sally's message to the list. There have
been two questions on this topic this week with little response so far. I
too am taking the test and have been frustrated with my studying; it's hard
to know how much/what to study. The ACA's study guide provides, as Sally
notes, only 8 sample questions. ACA's suggested reading list in the guide
lists nigh-on every archival text known to English-speakers. Reading and
studying from all of these would be silly and impractical, as they are
highly redundant and often outdated. I've searched the list archives for
posts on this topic and have found none, although it's hard to search
without getting a barrage of messages full of polemics about certification
itself.

To those who took The Test: what are the questions like? Do you remember any
specific questions? What text(s) were most useful? What are your most candid
recommendations for us test-takers?

Thanks in advance,
Amy Filiatreau
Project Archivist
SBC Communications Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sally Schwartz [mailto:sarah1cat@YAHOO.COM]
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 7:01 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: ACA Exam


Greetings,
I and, I expect, several other members of the Listserv will be taking the
ACA exam on Wednesday, 21 August.  Does anyone have any advice about the
difficulty of the exam or recommendations for last minute readings?  I did
the practice quiz once my application was accepted, and got everything
correct without studying.  Is this an accurate sample of questions?  I am
looking at some materials on preserving electronic/non-paper resources -
that is a weakness in my background - but think that I have wasted a lot
of time perusing items on the suggested reading list.
The Archive Fundamentals series is incredibly out of date. I have 15
credits in Archival Studies as part of my 30-credit MLIS degree and taught
an Introduction to Archives course at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee during the Fall 2001 semester(this precluded an active
job search and I am in a dead-end corporate library position that is a
continuation of an internship), but lack the practical experience required
to become a Certified Archivist. Apparently, fieldwork and volunteer
activities do not count for "experience."
Please reply to the list as a public service.
Thank you for any assistance that you can provide for career changers who
wish to pursue a new vocation in archives.
Sally Schwartz, Ph.D. (History, Harvard University, 1981); M.L.I.S.
(Archive Specialization, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2001).

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