Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) has certified the Portico digital repository as a trustworthy digital repository. Portico claims to be the first digital preservation service to undergo this independent audit and the only service to be certified at this time.
The nine-month audit process confirmed that the majority of Portico’s practices conform to the Trustworthy Repositories Audit and Certification Checklist (TRAC) and other metrics developed by CRL through its analyses of digital repositories. It also identified several areas for continued improvement as well as ways in which Portico can enhance the service for CRL member libraries as well as others.
Portico preserves scholarly literature published in electronic form and ensures that these materials remain accessible to future scholars, researchers, and students.
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