A blended learning-based curriculum on Web archiving in the national Széchényi library

Published date13 May 2019
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1108/DLP-03-2019-0012
Pages97-114
Date13 May 2019
AuthorMárton Németh,László Drótos
Subject MatterLibrary & information science,Librarianship/library management,Library technology,Records management & preservation,Information repositories
A blended learning-based
curriculum on Web archiving in
the national Széchényi library
Márton Németh
Department of Digital Library Services, National Széchényi Library,
Budapest, Hungary and University of Debrecen, Doctoral School of Informatics,
Debrecen, Hungary, and
Lászl
oDr
otos
Department of Digital Library Services, National Széchényi Library,
Budapest, Hungary
Abstract
Purpose National Széchényi Library is introducing a new blended learning-based curriculum model on
Web archiving for public collection professionals. The purpose of this paper is to describe this curriculum
concept togetherwith its international context.
Design/methodology/approach A qualitative case study is being offered. The concept of the
curriculum applying the results of an international questionnaire of the International Internet
Preservation Consortium. A detailed curriculum structure is being presented together with a brief
description of the major professional/ methodological concepts. It is based on constructive pedagogical
approach. Based on the sam e general approach, some major meth odological differences amon g the on-site
and e-learning elements of curriculum design are also being described.
Findings There is a high need to offer trainings in Web archiving led to digital library professionals
throughout Europe. A complex curriculum is highly needed to different target groups by various course
delivery forms. The courseconcept offers a solid base; however, the structure of the curriculum has to reect
to the differences of specic methodological requirements in on-site and elearning environments. A main
goal of the study is describing the possibilityto build-up that kind of hibrid blended learning-based training
structure. Based on the described curriculum trainings are starting on April 2019. Sharing practical experiences
about practical training activities based on this course structure can initiate further discussion on web archiving
education eldinthefuture.
Research limitations/implications This paper would liketo imitate some further discussions about
methodologicalissues by developing education and training curriculaon Web archiving in various European
countries. By the framework of the Training Working Group of the International Internet Preservation
Consortium,these proposed discussions can be elaborated.
Practical implications The main practical implicationsare to encourage other partner librariesby the
framework of the Training Working Group of International Internet Preservation Consortium to build-up
similar trainingprogrammes and to plan various collaborativeactivities in this eld.
Social implications The proposed curriculum aims to acquiresome major skills and competences on
web archiving eld bylibrarians from both the research library and publiclibrary sectors. The course can be
available to museum professionalsand archivists [...].The main goal is to learn to build-upsmall-scale web
archiving projects in local, institutional environments in Hungary. It is quite necessary to preserve Web
documents and other materials that are reecting to the life of the local society. The social impact of
preservingthe local Web history can be overwhelming in the future.
Originality/value Much untappedpotential exists for librarians, archivistsand museum professionals to
plan and realize Web archivingprojects in their own local institutional environments.This paper describes a
Web archiving
in the national
Széchényi
library
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Received13 March 2019
Revised17 May 2019
Accepted6 June 2019
DigitalLibrary Perspectives
Vol.35 No. 2, 2019
pp. 97-114
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DOI 10.1108/DLP-03-2019-0012
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new type of nationalmodel to offer them getting the necessary skills andcompetences in this eld. There is a
signicantgap of describing education concepts in Web archiving.
Keywords Education, e-learning, Blended learning, Curriculum, Web archiving, Onsite training,
Public collections
Paper type Case study
1. Introduction
The article is mainly focusing on Web archiving in an education context. This is an area
where international research efforts just have summarized by the rst time and started
to be coordinated by an international consortium. The major goal is of the National
Széchényi Library to introduce a new blended learning-based curriculum model to offer
an introduction to Web archiving to public collection professionals that are working in
libraries, museums and archives. First, the wider, international professional and
research context of our project being shortly described. Second, an overview is being
offered about the organizational background and context of our educational activities.
Third, an insight is being offered to the concept and structure of the curriculum, also
proposing an overview about the open educational resources that will be used through
the course. The context of blended learning elements must be highlighted to show the
structure of the onsite curriculum and describe the connection to the e-learning based
course concept.
2. Broad, international context of curriculum building eorts
We started to build-up our Web archiving pilotproject at the National Széchényi Library by
the framework of the National Library System Infrastructure Project from the spring 2017.
To establish this pilot and together with our education activities, a major help was offered
from Denmark. We could participate in an online research seminar for PhD students and
Web archiving professionals organized by the NETLAB Research group, Aarhus
University, Denmark. It was importantto experience how to organize, build up and operate
a course in Web archiving eld.
From the beginning of 2018, the international collaboration of education and training
forms related to Web archiving has formalized by the establishment of education and
training working group (TWG) of theInternational Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC).
A short summary can be offered throughthe results of a brief survey on best Web archiving
education practicesand future made by this working group. In this chapter, we offera quick
overview about these issues as these describes the main international context of our own
activities.
2.1 NetLab online course as a best practice in Web archiving eld
The NetLab research group at Aarhus University, Denmark, is a part of the national
DIGHUMLAB (Netlab, 2018a) research infrastructure network led by Professor Niels
Brügger. Online courses have offered about Web archiving since 2016. The major
target groups are PhD students, public collection professionals and researchers. In the
autumn of 2017, the rst course was introduced entirely in English for an
international audience (Netlab, 2018b) The participation was free and it was really
ideal to make new connections among the experts of the newly established Web
archiving projects in Hungary and Belgium and work together with Danish
colleagues as well. The online seminar was taking place in a password-protected
Moodle-based e-learning interface. The exercises, training materials and results of
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