Reach Out I’ll Be There – The Challenges of Working in Digital Preservation and the Impact on Practitioner Mental Health and Wellbeing

Abstract

The Digital Preservation Coalition’s community survey on mental health and wellbeing has illuminated a number of worrying trends. These include 70% of respondents having to work to unrealistic expectations, 63% feeling overwhelmed by the advocacy burden of digital preservation, and 58% feeling unsupported in their work. Linked to these problems and more, 88% reported work related stress, 69% anxiety, 67% fatigue, and 59% burnout, as well as a range of other issues. In this session, to be held under Chatham House Rule, iPRES attendees are invited to discuss the issues we are experiencing as a profession and how we might take steps to address them.

Details

Creators
Elizabeth England; Sharon McMeekin
Institutions
Date
2024-09-17 16:00:00 +0100
Keywords
communications and advocacy for dp; scaling up
Publication Type
birds of a feather
License
Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 (CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Collaborative Notes
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