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The evolving certification landscape
This meeting will be organized by the RDA/WDS Certification of Digital Repositories interest Group as a breakout session of the Research Data Alliance 10th Plenary meeting. More information is available here: https://www.rd-alliance.org/ig-rdawds-certification-digital-repositories-rda-10th-plenary-meeting
Find out more »International Digital Preservation Day
International Digital Preservation Day is held on the last Thursday of every November. This year, the first ever International Digital Preservation Day on 30th November 2017 will draw together individuals and institutions from across the world to celebrate the collections preserved, the access maintained and the understanding fostered by preserving digital materials. The aim of the day is to create greater awareness of digital preservation that will translate into a wider understanding which permeates all aspects of society –…
Find out more »Trustworthy Data Repositories to Increase the Visibility and Value of Your Research Data
The American Geophysical Union AGU 2017 Fall meeting (New Orleans, USA, 11-15 December 2017) will include many sessions about certification of data repositories. The below session listed in the Earth and Space Science Informatics focus group dealing with data repositories and data sharing. IN057 and IN025 are co-convened by WDS. IN057: Trustworthy Data Repositories to Increase the Visibility and Value of Your Research Data https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session25933 IN025: Earth and Environmental Data Repositories: Considerations for Choosing the Most Appropriate https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session26578
Find out more »Webinar: Trusted data repositories and the CoreTrustSeal
Webinar organized by the National Imaging Facility (NIF) the Australian Data Archive CSIRO to share will share outcomes and learnings from their experiences with CoreTrustSeal certification. During 2017, ANDS initiated the “Trusted Data Repository” program which funded three Australian research organisations to assess their data infrastructure, policies and procedures against the Requirements with the aim of achieving certification under what has been renamed the CoreTrustSeal. The aim of the projects was to understand what achieving certification means for different institutions…
Find out more »CoreTrustSeal: Adoption Stories and Lessons Learned
IG RDA/WDS Certification of Digital Repositories - RDA 11th Plenary meeting The RDA/WDS Certification of Digital Repositories IG brings together the stakeholders interested in certification of data repositories. Data repositories managers, science publishers, research funders, scientists and experts discuss the issues related to certification within the IG and provide guidance and recommendations to allow the effective implementation of certification of digital repositories on a national, European and global level.
Find out more »World Digital Preservation Day
© 2018 Digital Preservation Coalition World Digital Preservation Day (formerly International Digital Preservation Day) is held on the last Thursday of every November. This year, on 29th November 2018, the digital preservation community will come together to celebrate the collections preserved, the access maintained and the understanding fostered by preserving digital materials. The aim of the day is to create greater awareness of digital preservation that will translate into a wider understanding which permeates all aspects of society – business,…
Find out more »NIH Workshop on Trustworthy Data Repositories for Biomedical Sciences
This workshop will introduce the concepts of trust principles for data repositories, which address management aspects of data repositories. The workshop will introduce the CoreTrustSeal Core Trustworthy Data Repositories Requirements (an emerging, international, community-based standard) to evaluate the management of data repository operations in biomedical sciences.
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