Archivists work in the registration and storing of letters and documents. The work consists of organizing document categories and access to documents, deciding who can work with the documents, what should be kept and what can be disposed of.

As an archivist, you could work in an archive such as the National Archives of Iceland, or the archives of universities, municipalities or other offices and institutions. The work is often in collaboration with the parties who deliver documents for preservation, donors to archives, users and others.