Digitization Competency Mapping

Digitization is a key process in preserving, protecting and providing continued long-term access to archive materials. The competencies required in digitization pose challenges to individuals and organizations engaging in digitizations activities. We take a competency mapping approach to support digitization skills anticipation. Current and anticipated digitization competencies in public and private organizations in Finland were surveyed using a digital preservation competency framework.

Project utilized the Competency Foresight Model, which is developed in South-Savo region.

Results

Results show that organizations see digitization requiring a wide set of competencies ranging from policies and legal issues to practical organization and technical delivery of digitization. There is anticipated need to optimize organizational and service capabilities in near future. The desired target state is quite advanced overall, regardless of current capabilities. The largest self-identified competency gaps exist in strategical and technical approaches to digital archiving and digital access to archives. The results inform continued professional development and planning of future digitization efforts.

The results of the project will strengthen the Memory Campus ecosystem and provide guidelines for its future development and the next and hopefully permanent digitization training program.

Digitization Competenty Mapping -project ended April 30 2023.