NDSA Releases 2017 Digital Preservation Staffing Survey Report and Dataset
From the National Digital Stewardship Alliance:
The NDSA Staffing Survey Working Group is happy to announce the publication of the 2017 Digital Preservation Staffing Survey Report.
The report summarizes the results of the 2017 survey, including information on participants type of organization and size, as well as information on how organizations view their digital preservation organization and staffing situation, and ideas about staffing qualifications and training needs. The report also compares the survey results to the results of the 2012 staffing survey.
About the Survey and Report
133 organizations completed this survey, 78% from the United States (with 13 other countries being represented). Although many respondents represented academic libraries and archives (46%), we received responses from thirteen categories of institutions, including governmental entities, museums, historical societies, public libraries, and for-profit corporations. Some 58% are managing between 1-50 TB of content.
Direct to Full Text Report: Staffing for Effective Digital Preservation 2017
Direct to Dataset and Other Report Resources
Filed under: Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Preservation, Public Libraries
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.