01431nas a2200133   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100001600043245011600059856004300175300001200218490000600230520106100236       2021                            d1 aIsto Huvila00aAmbiguity, standards and contextual distance: archaeological heritage administrators and their information work  uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opis-2020-0121  a190-2140 v53 aArchaeological heritage administrators hold a key position as managers of archaeological information production. This article reports findings of an interview study conducted in Sweden (N=10) that focuses on providing an in-depth description of archaeology heritage administrators  work with a focus on their information work practices and factors that influence how it unfolds. The findings show that its critical success factors focus on the adequacy and availability of resources, personal experience and functioning collaborations with key stakeholders and colleagues, and balancing between following and interpreting formal guidelines, boundaries and standards of the work. Based on a reading of the findings inspired by Luhmann and White, it is suggested that the administrators  ability to balance between standards and ambiguity and regulate their personal contextual distance to the projects they were working on helped them switch between acting as subject experts and relying on others to maintain a control over their information work-as-whole.