#OA preprint of my #ASIST2023 paper is now available via my institutional repository:
"Audit Team Communication and Risk in Trustworthy Digital Repository Certification"
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_infosciepubs/474/
#digitalpreservation #iso16363
Audit Team Communication and Risk in Trustworthy Digital Repository Certification
This paper aims to investigate the Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification (TRAC) process by examining the communication practices and risk communication dynamics among auditors during the audit. Through an in-depth, qualitative analysis of the audit process and the interactions between auditors, this paper provides valuable insights into the importance of diverse backgrounds, effective communication, and consensus building in the assessment of TRAC checklist requirements. Furthermore, the paper highlights potential areas of improvement within the audit process, addressing concerns related to disagreements, reliance on leadership, and the comprehensiveness of risk identification and communication.
#OA preprint of my #ipres2023 paper is now available via my institutional repository:
"Repository Staff Perspectives on the Benefits of Trustworthy Digital Repository Certification"
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_infosciepubs/475/
#digitalpreservation #iso16363
Repository Staff Perspectives on the Benefits of Trustworthy Digital Repository Certification
This paper reports on the results from a qualitative study that asks whether and how staff members from TRAC certified repositories find value in the audit and certification process. While some interviewees found certification valuable, others argued that the costs outweighed the benefits or expressed ambivalence towards certification. Findings indicate that TRAC certification offered both internal and external benefits, such as improved documentation, accountability, transparency, communication, and standards, but there were concerns about high costs, implementation problems, and lack of objective evaluation criteria.
We also found that the lack of clarity about how to identify and describe a
#DesignatedCommunity was a source of risk because it created opportunities for stakeholders in the audit process to justify sub-optimal preservation policies and practices.
#ISO16363 #TRACI'm excited to share with y'all that Laura Rothfritz & I have an article in the Journal of Documentation "Designated Community: uncertainty and risk"
Here: https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-07-2022-0161
And #OpenAccess at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_infosciepubs/467/
In this article we find that uncertainty about #DesignatedCommunity in the context of a #TRAC #ISO16363 audit is viewed as a source of risk to digital repositories and their collections.
Designated Community: uncertainty and risk
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Designated Community: uncertainty and risk - Author: Rebecca D. Frank, Laura Rothfritz
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