Department of Research and Records (History)

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General

After the 2004 Admin Meeting, the first incarnation of the Department was created under the name Department of Research and Communications. Then, in 2006, the department was split into two new departments, the Department of Research and the Department of Communications. The name was changed back to the Department of Research and Communications in 2009. In 2011, the department’s name was formally changed to the Department of Research and Records to better reflect the range of their duties.


2004

With the creation of the new department, two directors were hired, one for each section of the department. Adriana al'Tere headed Communications, and Lyssandra Darai headed Research. At this point in time, the Tar Valon Times was under the purview of the Director of Communications.


2005

Atarah al'Norahn became the new Director of Research. The goal of 2,500 articles in the Library was passed during this year. The position of Classroom Assistant, then filled by Pip al'Dealys became the moderator of the Classroom forum.


2006

During this year, the Department of Communications split from Research and became its own department. Atarah al'Norahn continued as the director of the Department of Research.


2007

Ismene Gillandred became the new director of the department. The position of Classroom Assistant was renamed Headmaster/Headmistress and was filled by Sephrenia Noita. The Assistant to the Director of Research changed hands from Kyria d'Oreyn to Elia LePhant.

During this year, the department focused on creating new stub articles for topics that had no entry in the Library. The creation of the Wiki for the Library was very successful and saw an influx in visits.


2008

Toral Delvar became the new Assistant to the Director of Research. More stubs were added to the Library, and wiki categorization was expanded during this year. The main page of the wiki was updated highlighting the two main sections of the Library – book content and site content.


2009

During this year, Toral Delvar became the director of the department, and Shara Nevan became the Headmistress. Vivianna L'antreau became the Historian. Eniara Kisharad became the Assistant to the Director of Research and Records. With the addition of the position of Tower Voice to the department, the name was changed back to the Department of Research and Communications, and the Department of Communications was dissolved.


2010

With the creation of the Department of Marketing, the position of Tower Voice was transferred to this new department. The position of Tower Historian became a dual role with two people being hired, Xylina Tyloredrid and Kerna Shedrian. Later in the year, Loira al'Ramoidra replaced Xylina.

The moderation and maintenance of the main book forums was transferred to the Department of Moderators.

Many new additions were added to the Wiki, including extensive pages for each Community Group; information for each Department; pages for Community Events; and community statistics such as the Time Served pages.


2011

The decision was made to formally transfer the site’s “Who’s Who” section to the already established Member Pages in the Library. With the addition of this new duty, the department’s name changed to the current Department of Research and Records.

Staffing changes during this year included Aryela Dashtahd becoming the Headmistress, and Zimone Zarasri taking one of the Tower Historian positions.

Member pages were edited to reflect individual histories, including tower positions held, awards won, and events attended.


2012

Kitan Tataru replaced Kerna Shedrian as one of the Tower Historians.

Job descriptions for every Tower position were added, and the Time Served pages were completed.


2013

With the release of the final book in the Wheel of Time, the department added many new articles to the Library during this year.


2014

Charis Delphi became Headmistress during this year and Bryher al'Venna replaced Zimone as one of the Tower Historians.


2015

The Companion was released during this year, and the Library was specifically referenced in the beginning as an impressive reference of Wheel of Time detail.

The chain of command for the department changed from the Keeper to the Archivist. Toral Delvar became the new Archivist and Kerna Shedrian became the director of the department. Nyavene al'Meer became one of the Tower Historians and Eniara Kisharad took on the role of Events Historian.


2016

With the disbandment of the Department of Administration two of its positions were added to the department – the Annual Reports Project Manager and the Membership Survey Project Manager. There were a few changes to the Historian positions, as Jeffan Caliarthan replaced Bryher as Tower Historian, and Sailea Nerid became the Awards Historian.


2017

In the middle of this year, Chiyuki Nohara joined the team as a Tower Historian, and Izabella Serra became the Awards Historian.


2018

Tallan Daar was chosen as the new Director of the Department of Research and Records in September of this year. Elia LePhant replaced Nyavene as Tower Historian, and Imzadi Hopewind became the new Events Historian.


2019

After serving as Headmistress for several years, Charis Delphi stepped down and Atarah al'Norahn took up the reigns. Ilverin Matriam and Alexstrasz Ruskein also joined the team as the new Awards Historian and Events Historian, respectively.


2020

In March, the Annual Report Project Manager position was dissolved and its responsibilities transferred to the Keeper role.

In April, Tallan Daar resigned as Department Director and was replaced by Atarah al'Norahn. Atarah in her turn was replaced as Headmistress by Dovienya el'Korim. Later in the year, Tallan instead became Tower Historian after Elia LePhant left the position.

In October, Ilverin Matriam succeeded Atarah as Director.

In December, Atreyu Silverstar and Aleita Taviah joined the Department as the new Awards Historian and Headmistress, respectively.