Digital Preservation Officer

A junior member of staff who is likely early in their career and who performs specific digital preservation activities.

Alternative Names

Assistant Digital Archivist

Resources

Resource	Type	Skills	Roles
digipres.club	Group/Network	Approaches to Preservation L0 Approaches to Preservation L1 Approaches to Preservation L2 Approaches to Preservation L3	Digital Preservation Archivist or Librarian Digital Preservation Developer Digital Preservation Officer Digital Preservation Program Manager Digital Preservation Trainee Information Studies Student Senior Executive or Administrator Web Archivist
Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) Curriculum and Certificate Program	Training Content	Analysis and Decision-Making L0 DP Standards and Models L0 Information Management Principles L0 Managing Access L0 Metadata Standards and Implementation L0 Policy Development L0	Digital Preservation Archivist or Librarian Digital Preservation Officer Digital Preservation Program Manager Digital Preservation Trainee
Digital Preservation Competency Framework	Toolkit	DP Standards and Models L0 DP Standards and Models L1 DP Standards and Models L2 DP Standards and Models L3 DP Standards and Models L4	Digital Preservation Archivist or Librarian Digital Preservation Developer Digital Preservation Officer Digital Preservation Program Manager Digital Preservation Trainee Information Studies Student Senior Executive or Administrator Web Archivist
Digital Preservation Essentials	Training Content	Approaches to Preservation L1 DP Standards and Models L1 General IT Literacy L1	Digital Preservation Officer Information Studies Student Digital Preservation Trainee Digital Preservation Archivist or Librarian
IIPC Beginners Training Materials	Training Content	Approaches to Preservation L1	Web Archivist Digital Preservation Archivist or Librarian Digital Preservation Officer
Leren Preserveren	Online Training - Self Directed	Approaches to Preservation L1	Digital Preservation Officer Digital Preservation Archivist or Librarian Information Studies Student
Novice to Know-How: Digital Preservation for Beginners	Online Training - Self Directed	Approaches to Preservation L1 Managing Access L1 User Analysis and Engagement L1	Digital Preservation Officer Information Studies Student
TDL Digital Preservation Decision Tree	Toolkit	Analysis and Decision-Making L0	Senior Executive or Administrator Digital Preservation Archivist or Librarian Digital Preservation Developer Digital Preservation Trainee Digital Preservation Officer Digital Preservation Program Manager Senior Executive or Administrator Information Studies Student
Understanding File Formats for Digital Preservation	Online Training - Self Directed	Approaches to Preservation L1 General IT Literacy L1 Producing Documentation L1 Workflow Development and Implementation L1	Digital Preservation Archivist or Librarian Digital Preservation Officer Digital Preservation Trainee Information Studies Student Web Archivist Digital Preservation Developer

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This Learning Resource is hosted and maintained by the Digital Preservation Coaltion and was originally developed as part of the Start to Preserve stream of iPRES 2024.

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