hi karla,
i am currently studying archives and records management at the school
of information at the university of michigan.
it seems like everyone else has been giving you good advice.  i'm not
sure how much what i have to say will help since i am not all that much
farther along than you.
from talking to people (professors and professionals) it seems to me
that while experience working in archives is _most_ important to
getting archival jobs, having archival course work (especially getting
a masters in library science/archival management/etc) is pretty
important as well.
the society of american archivists has a listing of archival education
programs.
http://www.archivists.org/prof-education/edd-index.asp
most are situated in library science or information schools.  the more
archives courses the better.  according to a chart that i am completely
unable to cut-and-paste, UM wilwaukee has 5 archives courses and
madison has 4 (though i am not sure how up to date it is).
also, many programs require internships, which do double-duty providing
both credit and work experience.
another tip, many of the archival programs have internship/job
databases up online that you can access.  try michigan and ut-austin.
best of luck,
karen walton

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