Translations:Main challenges for CSOs creating digital archives/9/en

Handling human resource demands is equally challenging for an organization as building a digital archive. First, there is a need to significantly increase the number of staff, as digital archiving—especially in its early phases—requires a substantial workforce. This means an organization needs to quickly adapt to its new size, which can be difficult if the increase is substantial. Further, this often brings along a high fluctuation of archival staff with specific, sometimes unique knowledge of the archives, which creates two types of difficulties: it can lead to loss of institutional knowledge, and it creates an additional burden in terms of the need for constant training of new staff members. A significant challenge for most organizations is obtaining and keeping staff with the necessary expertise—in the archival or technical domain—which is needed throughout the process of building and developing a digital archive.