Develop and maintain an institution's registration, cataloging, and basic record-keeping systems, using computer databases.

“Develop and maintain an institution's registration, cataloging, and basic record-keeping systems, using computer databases.” is a core task performed by Curators. Among the occupation's 15 rated tasks, workers place it 14th by importance (#2 most important). About 77% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Design databases. in Thinking Creatively

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Plan and organize the acquisition, storage, and exhibition of collections and related materials, including the selection of exhibition themes and designs, and develop or install exhibit materials. · importance 4.3
• Plan and conduct special research projects in area of interest or expertise. · importance 4.0
• Provide information from the institution's holdings to other curators and to the public. · importance 3.9
• Negotiate and authorize purchase, sale, exchange, or loan of collections. · importance 3.8
• Study, examine, and test acquisitions to authenticate their origin, composition, history, and to assess their current value. · importance 3.8
• Inspect premises to assess the need for repairs and to ensure that climate and pest control issues are addressed. · importance 3.8
• Write and review grant proposals, journal articles, institutional reports, and publicity materials. · importance 3.8
• Design, organize, or conduct tours, workshops, and instructional or educational sessions to acquaint individuals with an institution's facilities and materials. · importance 3.8
• Attend meetings, conventions, and civic events to promote use of institution's services, to seek financing, and to maintain community alliances. · importance 3.6
• Train and supervise curatorial, fiscal, technical, research, and clerical staff, as well as volunteers or interns. · importance 3.6
• Confer with the board of directors to formulate and interpret policies, to determine budget requirements, and to plan overall operations. · importance 3.5
• Arrange insurance coverage for objects on loan or for special exhibits and recommend changes in coverage for the entire collection. · importance 3.3
• Schedule events and organize details, including refreshment, entertainment, decorations, and the collection of any fees. · importance 2.8
• Establish specifications for reproductions and oversee their manufacture or select items from commercially available replica sources. · importance 2.5

See all tasks on the Curators page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-1644,
  title  = {Develop and maintain an institution's registration, cataloging, and basic record-keeping systems, using computer databases.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-1644}
}