Skills Issues in Information Management
and the Use of Technology
TACOS
University of York 14th May 2014
Kenneth Aitchison
Measuring
Capacity and
Capacity
Development
© 2010 United Nations Development Programme
www.undp.org/capacity
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 skills
CCSkills 2010.
Archaeology LMI: Profiling
the Profession 2012-13
issue significant if >25% of
respondents identified it
issue serious if >50% of
respondents identified it
Information Technology
significant skills gap (35%)
significant skills shortage (25%)
Data Management
22% report skills gap
9% report skills shortage
www.landward.eu
Change Over Time
2002-03
2007-08
2012-13
ICT Skills Gap
74%
68%
35%
ICT Skills Shortage
67%
53%
25%
Aitchison & Rocks-Macqueen 2013
Conservation of
Materials
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
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http://www.icon.org.uk/images/sto
ries/downloads/clmi%20report.pdf
Historic Environment
and Cultural Heritage
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”
http://blueprintfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/1384949416The-Historic-Environment-and-Cultural-HeritageSkills-Survey-FINAL2.pdf
Training and The Past
phoenix-training.co.uk 2011
Human Capital and The Future
rocconsulting.com 2013