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AI for Historians

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Research, analyze, record, and interpret the past as recorded in sources, such as government and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.

Historians · O*NET 19-3093.00 · Job Zone 5 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

15 of 40tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

38 matched to the tools historians use. Showing 24.

  • LinkedIn

    MCP server

    LinkedIn is the world's largest social network for professionals. Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.

    LinkedIn

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  • Microsoft Excel

    MCP server

    Microsoft's Excel is a spreadsheet application used by millions of users across the world. It is part of the Office ecosystem and is considered the industry standard for spreadsheets. Only files on OneDrive for Business (available with Office 365 and Sharepoint server) are su

    Microsoft Excel

  • Microsoft Word

    MCP server
  • Office Word

    MCP server
  • Powerpoint

    MCP server
  • Make (make.com)

  • Adobe Acrobat is PDF editing software that can be used to create, convert and share PDF documents. It can convert documents in Microsoft Office formats to PDFs, and vice versa. PDFs can be viewed, annotated, and signed using Adobe Sign and the free Acrobat Reader mobile app.

  • Adobe Audition is a comprehensive audio workstation that allows students, teachers, and businesses to create, mix, edit, and restore audio clips. Available separately or as part of Adobe Creative Cloud, the tool includes audio editing tools designed to enhance music, podcasts, an

  • Adobe Photoshop

    MCP server
  • Adobe Sign

    MCP server
  • Email Server

    MCP server
  • Excel

    MCP server
  • Excel

    Skill
  • Make (make.com)

  • Microsoft SharePoint is a service that helps organizations share content to quickly find information and seamlessly collaborate.

    Microsoft SharePoint

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The tools this job actually uses

47 documented for this occupation. Showing 40, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Adobe Acrobathot
  • Adobe InDesignhot
  • Adobe Photoshophot
  • ESRI ArcGIS softwarehot
  • Extensible markup language XMLhot
  • IBM SPSS Statisticshot
  • Microsoft Accesshot
  • Microsoft Active Server Pages ASPhot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft SharePointhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Structured query language SQLhot
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Archival databases
  • ArchiveGrid
  • Archives Wiki
  • Audio editing software
  • Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
  • Database management systems
  • Digital image collections
  • Digital mapping software
  • Email software
  • Geographic information system GIS software
  • Geographic information system GIS systems
  • Google Books NGram Viewer
  • Gutenberg-e
  • Library of Congress digital collections
  • LinkedIn
  • National Archives online databases
  • National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
  • Page markers
  • ProQuest Archive Finder
  • QuarkXPress
  • Reference management software
  • Relational database management system RDMS
  • Scanning software
  • Searchable online catalogs
  • Smithsonian Institution digital archives

What this job involves

24 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.

  1. Gather historical data from sources such as archives, court records, diaries, news files, and photographs, as well as from books, pamphlets, and periodicals.
  2. Organize data, and analyze and interpret its authenticity and relative significance.
  3. Prepare publications and exhibits, or review those prepared by others, to ensure their historical accuracy.
  4. Organize information for publication and for other means of dissemination, such as via storage media or the Internet.
  5. Conduct historical research as a basis for the identification, conservation, and reconstruction of historic places and materials.
  6. Conserve and preserve manuscripts, records, and other artifacts.
  7. Present historical accounts in terms of individuals or social, ethnic, political, economic, or geographic groupings.
  8. Research the history of a particular country or region, or of a specific time period.
  9. Conduct historical research, and publish or present findings and theories.
  10. Determine which topics to research, or pursue research topics specified by clients or employers.
  11. Recommend actions related to historical art, such as which items to add to a collection or which items to display in an exhibit.
  12. Coordinate activities of workers engaged in cataloging and filing materials.
  13. Research and prepare manuscripts in support of public programming and the development of exhibits at historic sites, museums, libraries, and archives.
  14. Collect detailed information on individuals for use in biographies.
  15. Speak to various groups, organizations, and clubs to promote the aims and activities of historical societies.
  16. Teach and conduct research in colleges, universities, museums, and other research agencies and schools.
  17. Advise or consult with individuals and institutions regarding issues such as the historical authenticity of materials or the customs of a specific historical period.
  18. Interview people to gather information about historical events and to record oral histories.
  19. Trace historical development in a particular field, such as social, cultural, political, or diplomatic history.
  20. Edit historical society publications.
  21. Translate or request translation of reference materials.
  22. Coordinate artifact donations on behalf of a museum.
  23. Create and revise scripts for the tour guides.
  24. Write policies and procedures for archival collection care and research protocols.