E-term: A European training project for administrators, archivists and information managers

1. E-term: A European training project for administrators, archivists and information managers Elizabeth Shepherd University College London

2. E-term project • European Training in Electronic Records Management

3. Introduction to E-term • develop a common European framework model for electronic records training • identify a European core body of knowledge for e-records training • promote vocational training through co-operation between universities and employers • facilitate lifelong learning

4. E-term partners • Netherlands Archiefschool • University College London, UK • University of Northumbria, UK • Fachhochschule, Potsdam, Germany • University of Tampere, Finland • Universidade do Porto, Portugal • Ufficio Centrale per i beni archivistici, Italy

5. Complementary activities • Netherlands Archiefschool five day seminar cycle on digital archives • Socrates-funded project, RECPRO, which developed curriculum materials for university teaching in electronic records management

6. RECPRO objectives • electronic RECords PROject • develop archives and records management university programmes • revise existing and create new course modules • developments in IT and digitization of information • seek ways to integrate the curriculum development

7. Post-vocational training: E-term • March 1999, Amsterdam meeting • five universities and one public authority • plan to develop vocational training and professional development • lifelong learning • for archivists and administrators

8. E-term outcomes • to develop a common European framework model • to produce a core curriculum • to pilot the model in three EU regions • to test innovative approaches to training delivery • to promote vocational training through co-operation

9. First stage • analysis and assessment of the Dutch seminar model • review existing materials of partners in Germany, UK, Finland, Portugal and Italy • propose elements of a transnational core curriculum • draw up a generic European model

10. Second stage • complement generic core by regional materials • reflect specific regional requirements, such as national statutory frameworks • pilot model in three countries

11. Pedagogic outcomes • Dutch model: five single days of seminars • German variation: two periods of two or three days training, plus guided reading and work based assignments • UK: two-three days of face to face teaching, plus materials delivered by open and distance learning

12. Future developments • web-based learning space • translation and publication for dissemination • a model training programme, adaptable to Europe-wide and to regional requirements

13. E-term: A European training project for administrators, archivists and information managers Elizabeth Shepherd University College London