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Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 7:10 PM
Subject: Trusted Digital Repositories: Attributes and Responsibilities -
Final Report Available
> *Apologies for cross posting*
>
> RLG and OCLC Issue Final Report on
> Trusted Digital Repositories: Attributes and Responsibilities
>
> May 7, 2002 - RLG and OCLC have released a new report on long-term
> preservation of and access to research materials in digital form.
"Trusted
> Digital Repositories: Attributes and Responsibilities" (
> http://www.rlg.org/longterm/repositories.pdf) is available at the RLG Web
> site. (From the UK/JANET sites go to
> http://www.rlg.ac.uk/longterm/repositories.pdf)
>
> This report is primarily intended for cultural institutions such as
> libraries, archives, museums, and scholarly publishers and is specifically
> aimed at those with traditional or legal responsibilities for the
> preservation of cultural heritage. It is written to aid senior
> administrators as well as those implementing digital archiving services.
>
> Following a short historical introduction, the report presents a brief
> definition of "trusted digital repositories," provides some examples of
the
> circumstances in which institutions are undertaking their creation, and
> speaks to the nature and achievement of trust. It addresses the seven
> attributes such repositories must have and discusses requisite
> responsibilities at both the higher organizational/curatorial level and
the
> operational level. Finally, the report looks at how repositories can be
> certified and summarizes seven key recommendations.
>
> An appendix to the RLG-OCLC report provides technical overviews of the
> "Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System" (OAIS); - a
> common framework for describing and comparing architectures and operations
> of digital archives. (Compliance with this model is a defining attribute
of
> a trusted digital repository. In January 2002 RLG established an OAIS
> resources page and discussion list at its Web site to assist
implementers.)
> An operational responsibilities checklist, a glossary, and selected
> additional resources round out the report.
>
> "Trusted Digital Repositories: Attributes and Responsibilities" benefits
> from international discussion and excellent feedback on a draft that RLG
> and OCLC released for community comment in August 2001. Stakeholders in
the
> effort to preserve digital materials were urged to contact RLG program
> officer Robin Dale with their comments on the earlier "Attributes of a
> Trusted Digital Repository: Meeting the Needs of Research Resources." Dale
> continues to welcome comments and ideas on the final publication.
>
> Colin Webb, director of the Preservation Services Branch of the National
> Library of Australia, and a working group member, says: "Just how to
ensure
> reliable access to digital information over the long term seems to raise
> questions from all directions. It's vital that we take the time and effort
> to focus on discrete sets of questions - such as what a trustworthy
digital
> repository would look like and what it would do. In this way we lay down
> foundations for effective action. It's also very important that this
report
> has been accomplished by an international, collaborative effort drawing on
> perspectives from a range of working environments, experiences, and
> agendas."
>
> "The completed report gives us a shared basis for further coordinated work
> with our members and other like-minded institutions," says Dale. "For
> example, RLG is particularly interested in the design and implementation
of
> a certification program for trusted digital repositories. This will
produce
> tools and guidance for institutions responsible for digital collections -
> whether they are creating their own repositories, working with publishers,
> or planning to contract for third-party services."
>
> "This report will be very useful to our members as they consider
> digitization and preservation issues," says Meg Bellinger, vice president,
> OCLC Digital & Preservation Resources. "It has distilled and confirmed
some
> key concepts, and can serve as a guide for institutions addressing the
> digital archiving question."
>
> The expert working group charged by RLG and OCLC to develop the
information
> and consensus embodied in the report comprised Neil Beagrie, Joint
> Information Systems Committee (UK); Meg Bellinger, OCLC Digital &
> Preservation Resources; Robin Dale, RLG; Marianne Doerr, Bayerische
> Staatsbibliothek; Margaret Hedstrom, University of Michigan; Anne Kenney,
> Cornell University; Maggie Jones, Cedars Project (CURL Exemplars in
Digital
> Archives, UK); Catherine Lupovici, Bibliothèque national de France; Kelly
> Russell, Cedars Project (CURL Exemplars in Digital Archives, UK); Colin
> Webb, National Library of Australia; and Deborah Woodyard, British
Library.
>
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