Government Archives and the Digital Repository Audit Checklist

Authors

  • Bruce I Ambacher University of Maryland

Abstract

This article examines the RLG/NARA draft Audit Checklist for the Certification of Trusted Digital Repositories from the perspective of publicly funded repositories, especially government archives. It reviews the historical origins of the checklist, the comments received from government archives on the metrics in the draft document and the task force’s adjudication of those comments. Finally it addresses some unresolved issues.

Author Biography

Bruce I Ambacher, University of Maryland

Visiting Professor College of Information Studies

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Published

2007-09-24