2014 DPOE Training Needs Assessment Survey

2014 DPOE Training Needs Assessment Survey. Barrie Howard, Susan Manus. The Signal. Library of Congress. October 29, 2014.
The survey was an effort to get a sense of the state of digital preservation practice and understand more about what capacity exists for organizations and professionals to effectively preserve digital content.
The most significant takeaways are:

1. an overwhelming expression of concern that respondents ensure their digital content is accessible for 10 or more years (84%), 
2. evidence of a strong commitment to support employee training opportunities (83%). 
3. a substantial increase across all organizations in paid full-time or part-time professional staff with practitioner experience (13%)

The type of digital content held by each institution:

1. reformatted material digitized from collections already held (83%), 
2. born-digital content created by and for your organization trails close behind (76.4%). 
3. deposited digital materials managed for other individuals or institutions (45%). 

Digital Preservation Matters.