A presentation by Geof Huth explaining the Society of American Archivists' Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) Curriculum and Program at the E-Records Forum in Austin, Texas, on 25 April 2012. The presentation explains the genesis of DAS, how it operates, and the benefits to potential DAS candidates.
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Society of American Archivists' Digital Archives Specialist Program
1. Geof Huth
E-Records Forum
Austin, Texas | 25 April 2012
slideshare.net/geofhuth
geofhuth@gmail.com
2. Digital Archives Specialist curriculum
Certificate of the same name
Anyone who has completed this successfully
Not a certification program
◦ Archival certification is by ACA
3. SAA provides archival training
◦ To its members and others
Digital Archives is an SAA priority
◦ Set in 2005
DAS offers a coordinated training program
◦ Provides training & tools to manage digital records
4. May 2010
◦ Council created Digital Archives Continuing Education TF
◦ Charged with creating detailed digital archives curriculum
Fall and Winter 2010-2012
◦ Met in person In Chicago and via conference calls
February 2011
◦ DACE provided Education Committee an initial report
March 2011
◦ Draft distributed to SAA sections and roundtables
April-May 2011
◦ DACE and Education Committee revised report
24-26 May 2011
◦ SAA Council accepted DAS Curriculum & Certificate Program
5. DACE Task Force
◦ Developed initial recommendations
◦ Set the general course for DAS
DAS Continuing Education Subcommittee
◦ Part of SAA’s Education Committee
◦ Developing the details of DAS
◦ Overseeing its development and expansion
6. Geoffrey Huth
(chair, from the New York State Archives)
Jackie Esposito
(Pennsylvania State University)
Mahnaz Ghaznavi
(Loyola Marymount University)
David Kay
(Little Airplane Productions)
Helen Tibbo
(ex officio, University of NC, Chapel Hill)
7. Liz Bishoff
Jackie Esposito
Mahnaz Ghaznavi
Lori Lindberg
Mark Matienzo
Glen McAnninch
8. Focus on born-digital records
◦ Not digitized records
◦ Focus students on the natively digital
Integrate e-records work into archives work
◦ Do not treated as a separate activity
◦ Demonstrate it as a vital element of archives
9. A single educational vision
Structured curriculum
◦ Tiers
◦ Data on each course
Develop online system to review curriculum
Integrate learning across course offerings
Measure success of the program
10. 1. Understand nature of electronic records
2. Communicate requirements, roles, and
responsibilities
3. Formulate strategies for managing digital
archives
4. Integrate new technologies within existing
archival functions
5. Continue archival work with new
technologies
6. Manage originals and access copies
7. Provide dependable services to customers
11. Archivist Practitioner
◦ A hands-on, front-line archivist who manages or
will manage electronic records personally
Archivist Manager
◦ An archivist who has oversight over the work of
other professional archivists and who may or may
not manage electronic records directly
The Archivist Administrator
◦ An archivist who oversees archivist managers and
ensures organization’s capacity to manage digital
archives
12. 1. Foundational Courses
◦ Essential skills
◦ Focus on practitioners
◦ Information to implement in the next year
2. Tactical and Strategic Courses
◦ Skills to make significant changes in organizations
◦ Focus on managers
◦ Information to implement in the next five years
13. 3. Tools and Services Courses
◦ Focus on tools and services for digital archives
◦ Focus on practitioners
◦ Information to implement immediately
4. Transformational Courses
◦ Skills to transform institutions into digital archives
◦ Focus on administrators
◦ Information to implement over the next ten years
14. Basic Electronic Records
Basics of Managing Electronic Records
Thinking Digital
Standards for Digital Archives
Beginner’s Guide to Metadata
Appraisal of Electronic Records (New)
Digital Curation
15. Electronic Records: The Next Step
Accessioning and Ingest (in development)
Arrangement and Description of E-Records (New)
Digital Repositories
Preserving Digital Archives
Legal Issues in Digital Archives (New)
Specs & RFPs for Recordkeeping Systems (New)
Providing Access to Digital Archives (2013)
Inreach and Outreach for Digital Archives (New)
16. Archival Content Management Systems
Email Account Preservation with XML
Preservation Options of PDF (being revised)
Records Digital Forensics (New)
17. Information Architecture
Managing E-Records in Archives and
Special Collections
Digital Curation Planning and Sustainable
Futures (available in 2013)
19. Take an assessment quiz before registering
◦ To determine if you need the training
◦ If not, don’t take that training
◦ Take only the test
These quizzes are not yet ready
◦ DAS Continuing Education is finalizing
◦ Will be ready in late spring
20. Option 1: Course + Exam
◦ Take a ½-day, 1-day, or 2-day course
◦ Take and pass exam within a week
Option 2: Exam
◦ Pay a small fee and test out
Option 3: Webinar + Exam
◦ Take a 90-minute webinar
◦ Take and pass exam within a week
◦ Additional attendees need to purchase the exam
21. Within 24 months…
◦ Attend the nine required courses
◦ Pass each course with score of 85% or better
Some may test out of Foundational courses
Pass a comprehensive examination
◦ Within the same 24-month period
Renew certificate every five years
22. Exam will test all core competencies
Much longer that the post-course tests
Requires broad knowledge from candidates
Will be offered at various locations across US
First offered in early 2013
23. Fees vary
Fees for members are cheaper
◦ $95 for ½-day
◦ $185 for 1-day
◦ $299 for 2-day
Package discount
◦ 7 courses and exams at the regular rate
◦ And receive 2 free courses and exams
◦ For $1,265 total, saving $341
24. Yes
296 have taken DAS exams as of last week
8 people have only two course exams to go
Take webinars & workshops to finish sooner
Workshops hosted nationwide
25. Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists (CIMA)
Midwest Archives Conference (MAC)
New England Archivists (NEA)
Society of Southwest Archivists (SSA)
Society of California Archivists (SCA)
New York Archivists Roundtable (NYART)
Society of Georgia Archivists (SGA)
26. A consortium in Philadelphia
Penn State
Any group can do this
◦ Contact Solveig De Sutter at SAA
27. Structure of Exams
◦ Multiple-choice questions
◦ Completed online
◦ Can navigate the exam and change answers
If you fail an exam…
◦ Take it again within two weeks
If you fail the same exam again…
◦ Take course and exam again at discounted rate
28. Webinars
◦ 10 questions and 1 hour to complete
Half-day Courses
◦ 15 questions and 90 minutes to complete
One-day Courses
◦ 20 questions and 2 hours to complete
Two-day Courses
◦ 30 questions and 4 hours to complete
Passing grade is 85%
29. Still unknown
◦ But it will demonstrate you have knowledge
Every job opportunity requires
◦ You prove the many values of yourself
◦ You demonstrate your knowledge
A DAS certificate demonstrates learning
◦ Employers may prefer DAS certificate holders
◦ Nevertheless, DAS still provides valuable training
30. Visit SAA’s Website
http://www2.archivists.org/prof-education/das/
Talk to SAA’s Education Director
◦ Solveig De Sutter
Talk to DAS Course Instructors
Core Competencies of a Digital Archives Specialist The DAS Program is structured to ensure that a DAS Certificate holder is able to:Understand the nature of records in electronic form, including the functions of various storage media, the nature of system dependence, and the effect on integrity of records over time.Communicate and define requirements, roles, and responsibilities related to digital archives to a variety of partners and audiences.Formulate strategies and tactics for appraising, describing, managing, organizing, and preserving digital archives.Integrate technologies, tools, software, and media within existing functions for appraising, capturing, preserving, and providing access to digital collections.Plan for the integration of new tools or successive generations of emerging technologies, software, and media.Curate, store, and retrieve original masters and access copies of digital archives.Provide dependable organization and service to designated communities across networks.