This document discusses mainstreaming digital curation training and education for archives and records management professionals. It outlines approaches taken by University College London and the Section for Archives and Technology (SAT) to provide both theoretical and practical digital curation education. SAT works with the Archives and Records Association to develop training and competencies in digital curation from basic awareness to advanced technical problem solving and business planning for digital preservation. The goal is to help professionals develop skills from being "digital aware" to "digital ready".

1. Mainstreaming Digital Curation
Jenny Bunn
University College London
Sarah Higgins
Aberystwyth University

2. The ‘mainstream’ UK archives and records
management profession

3. University College London
Technical Infrastructure
Collaborative Pedagogy

4. University College London
Technical Infrastructure
Collaborative Pedagogy
• Emphasis on processes and policies
• Experiental learning
- theoretical principles
- abstract conceptualisation
- practical implementation
- projects embedded in practice
• Optional module – both modes and CPD
• Dedicated degrees
- Information Governance and Assurance
- International Archives, Records and Information
Management
- Digital Curation

5. Section for
Archives and TechnologySAT
• ARA CPD training planned
• ARA Framework of Competencies
• ARA SAT conference research and
roundtable to help identify level to pitch CPD
• SAT hands-on development approach
• Development from digital aware to digital
ready

6. Section for
Archives and TechnologySAT
Competency
level
SAT ARA
Level 1 Awareness of digital
preservation and IT skills to
understand the challenges.
Can describe and apply rules relating to
safe preservation.
Level 2 Using digital preservation
standards and tools.
Understand and applies principles and
processes of digital curation and
preservation and the systems that support
them.
Level 3 Working with IT development
professionals to ensure
appropriate digital preservation
solutions.
Competent and confident in assisting in the
development of preservation policies and
processes and in training others in their use.
Level 4 Solving technical digital
preservation problems in
collaboration.
Regularly ensures and evaluates the
development and delivery of policies and
processes relating to digital preservation,
ensuring that appropriate training is in place,
and measuring outcomes and impact.
Level 5 Business planning for digital
preservation
Responsible for ensuring the long-term
survival of all digital records in line with
organisational goals, within budget.

7. Conclusion
• General versus specific
• Abstract versus embedded
• Face to face versus online