title: Reach Out I’ll Be There – The Challenges of Working in Digital Preservation and the Impact on Practitioner Mental Health and Wellbeing
creators: Elizabeth England Sharon McMeekin
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.
keywords: communications and advocacy for dp scaling up