CARL and Portage have announced their endorsement of the TRUST Principles for digital repositories.
Digital information increasingly drives the research process and enables broad access to research data and other types of digital collections. This access is often provided via digital repositories, and as the scholarly enterprise becomes increasingly reliant on them, it is important that they demonstrate the ability to appropriately manage their data over the long term.
The Trust Principles help ensure the trustworthiness of digital repositories by guiding and promoting discussion and implementation of best practices for data management and digital preservation. The principles are: transparency about specific repository services and data holdings; responsibility for ensuring the authenticity and integrity of data holdings and for the reliability and persistence of its service; user focus to meet the data management norms and expectations of target user communities; sustainability of services to preserve data holdings for the long-term; and technology to support secure, persistent, and reliable services.
The TRUST Principles are the result of a year-long consultation among stakeholders in the digital repository community, led by Research Data Alliance (RDA). With the endorsement, CARL and Portage join over 25 organisations committed to the stewardship of digital resources and, in particular, digital research data.
The research library community is well positioned to advance the TRUST principles. Whether providing national-scale research data repositories like Portage and Compute Canada’s FRDR, helping Canada’s repository managers define a strategic vision through the Open Repositories Working Group, or ensuring long-term preservation of the scholarly and cultural record through the Digital Preservation Working Group, CARL and Portage are committed to increasing awareness and implementation in Canada of the best practices provided by the TRUST Principles.
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