REPOSITORY STAFF PERSPECTIVES ON THE BENEFITS OF TRUSTWORTHY DIGITAL REPOSITORY CERTIFICATION

Frank, Rebecca D.

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Title

REPOSITORY STAFF PERSPECTIVES ON THE BENEFITS OF TRUSTWORTHY DIGITAL REPOSITORY CERTIFICATION

Author(s)

Frank, Rebecca D.

Issue Date

2023

Keyword(s)

• Digital Preservation
• Trustworthy Digital Repositories
• ISO 16363
• TRAC
• Repository Assessment

Abstract

This paper reports on the results from a qualitative study that asks whether and how staff members from TRAC certified repositories find value in the audit and certification process. While some interviewees found certification valuable, others argued that the costs outweighed the benefits or expressed ambivalence towards certification. Findings indicate that TRAC certification offered both internal and external benefits, such as improved documentation, accountability, transparency, communication, and standards, but there were concerns about high costs, implementation problems, and lack of objective evaluation criteria.

Series/Report Name or Number

iPRES 2023

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Copyright held by the author(s). The text of this paper is published under a CC BY-SA license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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