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 opportunities for digital curation professionalsAchim Osswald
Florence, Italy, 7 May 2013
educational opportunitiesFOR BY
vocationaleducation & training
teaching & training experts
digital curation professionals
Educational opportunities for digital curation professionalsAchim Osswald
Florence, Italy, 7 May 2013
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
Educational opportunities for digital curation professionalsAchim Osswald
Florence, Italy, 7 May 2013
Looking back on educational activities in dc (1)
http://galerie.chip.de/index.cfm?pid=1511&pk=970385
Until about 2005
- everybody was a pioneer- raising awareness- low number of publications
=> cooperative efforts ofexperts with practicalexperiences & teachingand training experts
Educational opportunities for digital curation professionalsAchim Osswald
Florence, Italy, 7 May 2013
Looking back on educational activities in dc (2)
http://galerie.chip.de/index.cfm?pid=1511&pk=970385
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)
Educational opportunities for digital curation professionalsAchim Osswald
Florence, Italy, 7 May 2013
Looking back on educational activities in dc (3)
http://galerie.chip.de/index.cfm?pid=1511&pk=970385
Training and tutorialsas a topic of projects
Team Digital Preservation videoshttp://www.youtube.com/user/wepreserve
Educational opportunities for digital curation professionalsAchim Osswald
Florence, Italy, 7 May 2013
Looking back on educational activities in dc (4)
http://galerie.chip.de/index.cfm?pid=1511&pk=970385
Localization
- introductory coursesin national languages
- scholarly discoursesin national languages(including research, translations; newpublications and seminars)
=> time consuming effort
Educational opportunities for digital curation professionalsAchim Osswald
Florence, Italy, 7 May 2013
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
Educational opportunities for digital curation professionalsAchim Osswald
Florence, Italy, 7 May 2013
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
Educational opportunities for digital curation professionalsAchim Osswald
Florence, Italy, 7 May 2013
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
Educational opportunities for digital curation professionalsAchim Osswald
Florence, Italy, 7 May 2013
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
Educational opportunities for digital curation professionalsAchim Osswald
Florence, Italy, 7 May 2013
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
Educational opportunities for digital curation professionalsAchim Osswald
Florence, Italy, 7 May 2013
Thank you!Any comments and questions ?
Achim OsswaldCologne University of Applied [email protected]