Presentation during World Digital Preservation Day 2018 and International Conference 'Memory Makers' organised by DPC and the Dutch Digital Heritage Network
An Atoll Futures Research Institute? Presentation for CANCC
Sharon McMeekin: Are we Making Progress in Digital Preservation Training?
1. Are We Making Progress with
Digital Preservation Training?
2. Where Are We?
•Continued appetite for training
•Fewer opportunities?
•Increasingly mature workforce
•Evolving challenges
•5 Years since DigCurV Project…
4. Our Current Work
• ‘Getting Started….’ and ‘Making
Progress with Digital Preservation’
Workshops
•Digital Preservation Handbook
•Leadership Programme
•Student Conference
•Member Training Survey
5. Survey Results – Topics of Interest
0 5 10 15 20 25
Requirements
Getting Started
Storage
Costs
Social Media
Emulation
Policy
Risk
Legal
Access
Standards and Models
Advocacy
Business Case
Migration
Planning
Web
AV
Metadata
Tools
• Interest in
intermediate or
advanced level
training
• Key benefits sought:
• Practical Skills
• Learn from others/
Networking
• Awareness raising
6. Survey Results – Delivery Method
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5
Webinar
Conference Workshop
Online
Combination
Face to Face
7. Survey Results – Learning Tools
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Tests and quizzes (to show progress)
Videos
Background reading/self-study
Group exercises/discussions
Case studies
Visual aids
Practical/hands-on tasks
Demos
8. Survey Results – Barriers to Training
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
Location of Training
Time Away
Nothing Suitable
Bad Timing
Course Fees
Travel and Subsistence
Managerial Support
9. Inclusion and Accessibility
• A priority for the DPC
• Growing membership
• Internationalisation
• Published Inclusion and
Diversity Policy in June 2018
11. Move Beyond the Basics
•Practice-based training
• Problem solving exercises
• Hands-on learning with tools
•Case studies
•Focused sessions
•Develop our skills as trainers
12. Inclusion and Accessibility
•More online training
•Emphasis on free/shareable resources
•Training and resources in multiple languages
• DP Handbook and Executive Guide
•Collaboration
• Train the trainer
•Sustainability
14. Should We Update DigCurV? - New Lenses
Executive
Manager
Senior Practitioner
Junior Practitioner
Graduate Trainee
15. Should We Update DigCurV? - Other Resources
•Update Training Registry
• Keep Current
•Skills Audit Framework
• Build on Polonsky DPOC Project
Outcomes
•CPD Framework
• Start with self-assessment
16. An Invitation to Collaborate!
sharon.mcmeekin@dpconline.org
@SharonMcMeekin