SKAITMENINĖS INFORMACIJOS IŠSAUGOJIMAS: SPECIALISTŲ KVALIFIKACIJOS TOBULINIMAS. PROJEKTO DIGITALPRESERVATIONEUROPE ATVEJIS
DIGITAL PRESERVATION: VOCATIONAL TRAINING. THE CASE OF DIGITALPRESERVATIONEUROPE

Summary/Abstract: Professionals representing library, archyves and museums community are now dealing with a new challenge – preservation of digital information. Even though this topic is being described and discussed for quite a long time, it is still difficult to take decisions and start implementation programmes on digital preservation. Representatives of cultural heritage institutions admit that the issue of longterm digital preservation becomes topical. More and more often these professions have to take strategical decisions and answer practical questions on the choise of specific methods or technologies. Implementation of such tasks requires special professional skills. That is why it is necessary to pay attention to education and vocational training in the field of digital preservation. DigitalPreservationEurope project, that is responsible for coordination of digital preservation activities in Europe. Basing on the analysis of former training activities in this field and rewiev of relevant training materials as well as on the results of questionare that was distributed to DPE partners – representatives of archyves, libraries, universities working in digital preservation field – compiled a training programme and now are organising training courses for specialists in digital preservation. This article deals with the needs of training on digital preservation, aims and principles of the relevant training programme. The authors present detailed description of the first training event organised in Vilnius in autumn 2007, including topics discussed, training techniques, on-line pre-course and after-course training materials, evaluation and overall results.

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