[SOA] Now Available: The 2021 NDSA Staffing Survey Report

[Brenna Edwards]

[Please excuse cross-posting.]

Hello,

The NDSA Staffing Survey Working Group is excited to announce the
publication of the 2021 Staffing Survey Report, now available in the NDSA
OSF <https://osf.io/2rb7k>.

The NDSA Staffing Survey is designed to gain insight into current staffing
realities for digital preservation programs, and was substantially
redesigned in 2021 based on feedback from previous surveys and changes in
the field over the past decade.

Completed by 269 individuals, the report documents the survey responses
related to the following areas of focus: 1) Background Information, 2)
Digital Preservation Activities and Planning, 3) Digital Preservation
Organization and Staffing, 4) Staffing Qualifications and Training, and 5)
Final Thoughts about Digital Preservation Staffing and Organization.

Several key points emerged from the 2021 survey, including but not limited
to:

   -

   Perceptions of digital preservation seemed to shift according to
   respondents' roles within their organizations. Respondents’ answers to
   questions relating to a range of questions including digital preservation
   priority, policy, organization, skill sets, staffing levels, and more often
   reflected their reported role within digital preservation at their
   organization.


   -

   Survey respondents overwhelmingly perceived digital preservation at
   their organizations as understaffed. A majority of respondents reported
   that they did not feel like their organization had the staffing in place to
   manage the content for which they are responsible.


   -

   Generalized longitudinal trends can be seen over the last ten years.
   Data comparison across the 2012, 2017, and 2021 surveys allows for the
   observation of some general trends, including around how well digital
   preservation is implemented at organizations. Across the last ten years
   that the survey has been conducted, dissatisfaction rates around the
   organization and implementation of digital preservation rose from just over
   one-third of respondents in 2012 to nearly half in 2017 and 2021.

Additional information for review includes the Survey codebook and data
files, also available in the NDSA OSF <https://osf.io/emwy4/>.

If you have questions or concerns about this survey, please contact
ndsa.digipres at gmail.com and include “Staffing Survey” in the subject line.

Many thanks to everyone in the community who completed the survey. We
appreciate the time and effort you put into your answers, and the resulting
report is all the better for it.

-The NDSA Staffing Survey Working Group
--
Brenna Edwards, MSLS
*she/her/hers*
Manager for Digital Archives | Harry Ransom Center | The University of
Texas at Austin
Team Leader, American Theatre Archive Project, Atlanta Team
Communications Liaison, bloggERS Editorial Team, Electronic Records
Section, Society of American Archivists
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