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RDA adoption story on CoreTrustSeal certification

Learn about the adoption of CoreTrustSeal certification in a digital repository and the benefits, challenges, and advice associated with the process. This story provides insights and guidance for those seeking trustworthiness in their repository.

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RDA adoption story on CoreTrustSeal certification

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  1. RDA adoption story on CoreTrustSeal certification 21 February 2019 Lisa de Leeuw Data Archiving and Networked Services rd-alliance.org

  2. DANS & CoreTrustSeal rd-alliance.org

  3. The challenge Show trustworthiness of the repository Differentiate from others Raise awareness on digital preservation rd-alliance.org

  4. Adopted RDA recommendation Repository Audit and Certification Catalogues: a two-part recommendation produced by the Repository Audit and Certification DSA–WDS Partnership WG rd-alliance.org

  5. Benefits • Promote our repository as a trustworthy digital repository • Prove we are a trustworthy digital repository • Differentiate from others • Raise awareness on digital preservation • Check, improve and update our policy and workflow documents • Re-evaluate and make improvements on our technical solutions and processes for long-term preservation. • Good team building exercise rd-alliance.org

  6. Process • Method • Self-assessment • Review process • CoreTrustSeal awarded • Activities on • Policies • Technical infrastructure • Self-assessment text • Project management • Effort • 250 hours rd-alliance.org

  7. Technical Challenges • Getting certified as a trustworthy digital repository through CoreTrustSeal does not solve technical challenges by providing technical solutions. • It does however give you a context in which to think about the technical challenges you face. • As CoreTrustSeal publishes all approved self-assessments on their website, it has created a database of knowledge on how peers have solved similar challenges, which is freely accessible and can be used to inspire solutions in your own repository. • Furthermore, the OIAS reference model is used as a base for the CoreTrustSeal requirements which provides a common framework and language. rd-alliance.org

  8. Advice • Internal benchmark to assess the repository’s state of the art as the requirements and reviewers guideare openly available • Provides inspiration and solutions to common problems helping you prepare for the official submission • Higher management as the driving and connecting force • Great team building exercise • Especially first-time applications require a lot of effort depending on the maturity of the documentation of processes and procedures • Seeking certification can lead to the need for updating and/or changing the design and implementation of (major) improvements to the technical infrastructure. • As the certification allows different levels of compliance to the requirements, it could be that you identify areas that need or want improvement through the certification process. • Getting certification at regular intervals strengthens and develops your repository and helps keep it relevant for the future. • Just do it!! rd-alliance.org

  9. Questions? rd-alliance.org

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