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Educational opportunities for digital curation professionalsAchim Osswald

Florence, Italy, 7 May 2013

Skills for the Future:

Educational Opportunitiesfor Digital Curation Professionals

Achim OsswaldCologne University of Applied Sciences

Institute of Information [email protected]



educational opportunitiesFOR BY

vocationaleducation & training

teaching & training experts

digital curation professionals



Challenges of educational activities in dc

gap betweengrowing (number of) communitiesdemanding different qualification

limited number of digital curation and teaching experts

state-of-the-art demand

objects / methods / processes still not met sufficiently

Basic demand

awareness still not met sufficiently



Looking back on educational activities in dc (1)

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Until about 2005

- everybody was a pioneer- raising awareness- low number of publications

=> cooperative efforts ofexperts with practicalexperiences & teachingand training experts





Since then

- Progress in researchand practice

- differentiated resultsregarding objects & methods

- increased publication rate

=> education & training as- basic, introductory courses- courses / events on high-end results involvingresearch specialists(experts to experts)





Training and tutorialsas a topic of projects

Team Digital Preservation videoshttp://www.youtube.com/user/wepreserve





Localization

- introductory coursesin national languages

- scholarly discoursesin national languages(including research, translations; newpublications and seminars)

=> time consuming effort



Customizing and updating

Expectations by participants and students

• Latest and updated content• Adapted to the latest technological environment• Stunning presentations• All for free

=> Sustainability and reusabilityas a challenge for teaching and training experts



University programsfor graduates and post-graduates

Professionalization

• Digital curation being topic of a course within a program• BA programs focusing on (aspects of) digital curation• Postgraduate programs (certificate / Master)

Teaching and training & digital curation qualificationis needed to provide these educational opportunities

Mismatch: still low demand on the job market



jobs

• Difficult to hire digital curation experts• Project based or terminated jobs

=> movement of experts to other jobs

image

• Hardly glamorous or admired• Service oriented back office activity• High requirements regarding experiences &

skills („swiss army knife“)

salaries • Low and limited (especially in public sector)

Labor market

llimitednumber of

new positions/ aging staff

no solution in the nearfuture

Limits ourdigital

curation activities



Areas of action with educational opportunitiesIntroductory qualification• Spreading awareness• Providing a basic level of knowlegde on dc• Tutorial / Massive Open Online Courses

(MOOCs) / game based

Basic and specialized qualification• (part of) university programs

(graduate or post-graduate)• a single university or cooperating universities

Vocational education and training• different preconditions regarding topics, knowledge

& needs, learning styles etc.• demand driven and flexible• in reference to the labor market



Emerging chance and challenge:Personal archiving

There is a great variety ofeducational opportunities

at least invocational education and training

by and for digital curation professionals

in a nutshell

• Relevant to everybody in science and society• An opportunity for heritage institutions - especially for

public and academic libraries - providing first levelsupport to everybody

• Service cooperations with private companies possible• MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) / video option



Thank you!Any comments and questions ?

Achim OsswaldCologne University of Applied [email protected]