Archivist Position For The Arkansas Department Of Heritage

Stakeholder Assessment/Community Analysis
Introduction
For the Stakeholder Assessment Assignment, this paper will assess information regarding an Archivist Position for The Arkansas Department of Heritage (DAH). This assessment will be discussing the following areas as it pertains to the position. This paper will outline who the stakeholders for the DAH are and briefly describe their function and their information needs. In addition to other forms of research, data collection methods utilized in this discussion include the use of the online GIS tool, Social Explorer, to generate reports to get a more in-depth analysis of the demographics of the community served by the organization, including age group, education level, socioeconomic level,

As such, they are charged with including organizing and maintaining the history of Arkansas by collecting and preserving state, county, and federal records, manuscript materials, newspapers, military records, and family histories. In addition, their work also includes maintaining an extensive Arkansas history and genealogy library, and a collection of Arkansas art and artifacts. (http://www.arkansasheritage.com/Divisions/home)
Communities Collections Department Serves
The communities served by Archivists and the DAH are the state, county, and federal employees, military personnel, genealogists, teachers, historians, artists, family members researching family history, local Native American tribes, anthropologists and archeologists, researchers, professional organizations and affiliations, other State Archives and consortia, schools, universities, and learning centers, and students working on any topics related to archival materials. (http://www.arkansasheritage.com/Divisions/home)
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This assessment has outlined the community and stakeholders for the DAH, and briefly described their function and their information needs. Included in the discussion is an in-depth analysis of the demographics of the community served for this position, including age group, education level, socioeconomic level, and a brief description of the area served. This assessment includes a 5-year report that can help for planning purposes for demographics for the (DAH), and the information on the report seemed to be aligned and corroborate with information gathered from online research. This assessment would have benefitted from an interview with key figures at DAH, in lieu of which is attached one of two addendums/supplements that illustrates questions to be asked in an interview survey. The other supplement is a generated report of a sample survey from Social Explorer, as previously mentioned. As per best practices, as budgets, resources, and time allow, the Stakeholder Assessment and Community Analysis process should be conducted and reviewed a minimum of once a year if