TRAC: Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification: Criteria and checklist

This document contains the current best practice on the organisational and technical infrastructure for reliable storage of digital collections, or trusted repositories. The document discusses the criteria trusted repositories should comply with, giving examples. The checklist – that begins with self assessment – can be used to get a picture of an orgaznisation’s own skill and the threats and risks …

Trustworthy Repositories Audit and Certification (TRAC): Criteria and Checklist

Contents: Introduction&nbsp Using this Checklist for Audit &amp Certification&nbsp Audit &amp Certification Criteria&nbsp Criteria for Measuring Trustworthiness of Digital Repositories and Archives: Audit Checklist&nbsp References&nbsp Appendix 1: Glossary&nbsp Appendix 2: Understandability and Use&nbsp Appendix 3: Minimum Requirement Documents&nbsp Appendix 4: A Perspective on Ingest&nbsp Appendix 5: Preservation Planning &amp Strategies&nbsp Appendix 6: Understanding Digital Repositories &amp Access Functionality. Dit document …

D13.4 Digital Repositories Explained

Contents: 1. Document Scope and Summary 2. Definition of Digital Repository &nbsp 3. Electronic Access 4. Why Digital Repositories Matter &nbsp 5. Requirements for an Audiovisual Digital Repository 6. Repository Standards 7. Repository Technology 8. Services, Costs and Conclusions 9. References. Dit document benoemt de vereisten voor veilige, duurzame digitale opslag met bijzondere aandacht voor het digitaliseren van audiovisuele materialen. …

DRAMBORA Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment

Praktisch onderzoek ontwikkeld door de DCC en Digital Preservation Europe resulterend in de Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment (DRAMBORA). Het document verschaft een methodiek voor zelfevaluatie. De DRAMBORA Toolkit is toegepast in diverse organisaties, zoals nationale bibliotheken, wetenschappelijke datacentra en archieven. DRAMBORA voorziet beheerders van middelen om hun sterke en zwakke punten in kaart te brengen. De …

The Digital Black Hole

This article presents an analysis of costs for digitizing and long-term storage at the Riksarkivet (National Archives, RA) in Stockholm, Sweden. This example includes forecasts of cost development for the next few years which may help other institutions in analysing their own costs and budgeting for long-term storage. This often quoted article, published in the framework of the TAPE project, …