{"id":1023059,"date":"2026-02-27T10:06:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/?p=1023059"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:06:28","slug":"time-machine-in-the-archive-a-new-format-of-the-young-archivist-class-held-in-zhlobin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/news\/1023059","title":{"rendered":"\u00abTime Machine\u00bb in the Archive: A New Format of the \u00abYoung Archivist\u00bb Class Held in Zhlobin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the <strong>\u00abYoung Archivist\u00bb<\/strong> project, a practical class for ninth-grade students from <strong>Zhlobin Secondary School No.9<\/strong> was held on February 26, 2026, at <strong>the Zonal State Archive in Zhlobin<\/strong>. The event took <strong>the form of a role-playing quest lesson called \u00abTime Machine\u00bb<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the class was to practice searching for information in genealogical documents and introduce key professions in the archival industry.<\/p>\n<p>The students were transported to the future, playing the roles of qualified archival employees. The following responsibilities were assigned during the class:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Archive Director<\/strong> \u2013 general management and oversight of search regulations. The Head of Department is responsible for organizational support and reporting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Lead Archivist and Archivist<\/strong> are directly involved in working with primary sources (household registers) and scientific reference materials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Software Engineer<\/strong> is responsible for technical support: digitizing identified documents and making photocopies.<\/p>\n<p>The participants successfully completed a practical task of searching for information about relatives, studying the specifics of household register entries (family composition, property status, biographical information).<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the meeting, <strong>a visualization of the students&#8217; professional future was presented using modern technologies (artificial intelligence and computer graphics)<\/strong>. A display of portraits of \u00abarchival workers of the future\u00bb allowed the students to envision career prospects in the archival field.<\/p>\n<p>The event helped develop the students&#8217; research skills and increased their interest in preserving the documentary heritage of their region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\"  width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"gen_table\">\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-147.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1080285\" class=\"wp-image-1080285 alignnone size-full\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-100.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1080286\" class=\"wp-image-1080286 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1080287\" class=\"wp-image-1080287 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>1-3. \u00abInsight into History: Future Specialists Studying Archival Documents\u00bb.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-55.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1080288\" class=\"wp-image-1080288 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"80%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>4. Archive staff and students from Zhlobin Secondary School No.9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-38.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1080289\" class=\"wp-image-1080289 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"80%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1080290\" class=\"wp-image-1080290 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"80%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1080291\" class=\"wp-image-1080291 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"80%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/8-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1080292\" class=\"wp-image-1080292 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"80%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1080293\" class=\"wp-image-1080293 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"80%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/10-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1080294\" class=\"wp-image-1080294 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"80%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>5-10. \u00abYoung archivists\u00bb as qualified experts of the future.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the \u00abYoung Archivist\u00bb project, a practical class for ninth-grade students from Zhlobin Secondary School No.9 was held on February 26, 2026, at the Zonal State Archive in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1023059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023059"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1023060,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023059\/revisions\/1023060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1023059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1023059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}