M. Sc. Elisaveta Markovikj is employed in the State Archives of the Republic of North Macedonia as Head of the Department for Financial Affairs.
As a graduated engineer in Biology, her professional career started right at the State Archives in 1995 in the Laboratory for Conservation and Restoration.
During period from 1995 till 2003, she had devoted her time to the direct protection of archival documents, primarily to the procedures for conservation and prevention of potential damage to documents and restoration of already damaged archival materials, which earned her the title of senior conservator.
In the period from 1998 to 1999, she underwent specialist studies at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology, where she worked on tests of anoxia methods and the use of inert gases to protect archival materials from microbiological damages.
From 2004 to 2019, she continued her professional career in the field of economics and logistics. During that period of professional engagement, she completed postgraduate studies in the field of economics, obtaining a master’s degree in Economic Sciences.
Driven by the love, importance, and significance of archival activity, alongside her involvement in the financial daily tasks, she also continues to work and provide her professional support in preventive protection, storage, conservation and restoration of archival materials and funds.
She has written several professional articles that have been published in the magazine Macedonian Archivist.
With her professional works in the field of the protection of archival written materials, as part of the cultural heritage, she participated in conventions organized by the international center for archival research – IKARUS.
In 2023 she has actively participated on ICARUS Convention #31 with her presentation titled The Impact of material and physical archival and library protection for digitalizing cultural and historical heritage.
In 2024 she has her presentation on ICARUS Convention #32 with Methods for protection of archival materials and funds from biological agents – the treatments with Anoxia (case study). Within the publishing activity of the State Archives of the Republic of North Macedonia, her publication entitled “The role and significance of preventive and immediate protection (conservation and restoration) in the processes of digitization and digital transformation of archival materials and funds” will be published by the end of 2025.
