Skills Issues in Information Management and the Use of Technology

TACOSUniversity of York 14th May 2014

Kenneth Aitchison

www.undp.org/capacity© 2010 United Nations Development Programme

Measuring Capacity and

Capacity Development

Skills Gaps and Skills Shortages

huddle.com 2013

skills gaps are skills that existing staff need but lack, as opposed to skills shortages, which mean that employers cannot find job applicants with the right skillsCCSkills 2010.

Archaeology LMI: Profiling the

Profession 2012-13

www.landward.eu

issue significant if >25% of respondents identified itissue serious if >50% of respondents identified it

Information Technology significant skills gap (35%)significant skills shortage (25%)

Data Management 22% report skills gap9% report skills shortage

Change Over Time2002-03 2007-08 2012-13

ICT Skills Gap 74% 68% 35%

ICT Skills Shortage 67% 53% 25%Aitchison & Rocks-Macqueen 2013

Serious skills gaps in the provision of• Interventive Conservation of Digital

Media• Preventive Conservation of Digital

Media• Scientific / Analytical Services for

Digital Media

Significant skills gap in • Information Technology

75% of the 241 practices listed on the Conservation Register maintained by Icon do not present website addresses.

Conservation of Materials

http://www.icon.org.uk/images/stories/downloads/

clmi%20report.pdf

Historic Environment and Cultural Heritage

http://blueprintfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/1384949416-The-Historic-Environment-and-Cultural-Heritage-Skills-Survey-FINAL2.pdf

IT and digital skills were recurrently noted as a specific skills issue across the HE & cultural heritage sector.

Specific skills lacking amongst new applicants / entrants [archaeology]

IT and Digital 10%(CH Sector overall 13%)

Skills gaps in IT & Technical Support reported by 9% of archaeologist respondents

“Social media, web optimisation, website management and design”

Training and The Past

phoenix-training.co.uk 2011

Human Capital and The Future

rocconsulting.com 2013