<div dir="ltr">If you want a more rigorous self-assessment, you might want to look at the self-assessment spreadsheet for ISO 16363 - Audit and certification of trustworthy digital repositories. You can find it here:  <a href="http://www.iso16363.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2014/10/Self-AssessmentTemplateforISO16363.xls">http://www.iso16363.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2014/10/Self-AssessmentTemplateforISO16363.xls</a><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Mark Conrad<br>NARA Information Services</div>
<div>IAS<br>The National Archives and Records Administration<br>Erma Ora Byrd 
Conference and Learning Center<br>Building 494, Room 225<br>610 State Route 
956<br>Rocket Center, WV  26726<br><br>Phone: 304-726-7820<br>Fax: 
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Jonathan Petters <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jlpetter@ucsc.edu" target="_blank">jlpetter@ucsc.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Sebastian,<br><br>I appreciate the pointer to the DSA-WDS trusted repository requirements!  After seeing them at International Data Week I suggested we use them for a quick-and-dirty self-assessment of where we are for our own data IR repository (VTechData).  I found them useful in spurring conversations here.<br><br></div>Jennifer, glad what I said was helpful :)<br><br></div>Jon<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Sebastian Karcher <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:skarcher@maxwell.syr.edu" target="_blank">skarcher@maxwell.syr.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Hope that helps,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 11, 2016 10:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:rdap@mail.asis.org" target="_blank">rdap@mail.asis.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Rdap] Security/Storage Systems - DMP Language<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our institution’s library and Data Management Committee are in the process of developing data management plan language for our researchers. 
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<p class="MsoNormal">There has been discussion regarding how much information to include regarding the security and storage systems used in our operations.  There is a proposed paragraph that would describe at a very high level the infrastructure and software
 suite used by our institution’s IT team, how those systems back up data, and general (but not precise) locations of where backup tapes are kept.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One member of the Committee expressed concerns over divulging this type of information externally.  Opinions and feedback are appreciated.<u></u><u></u></p>
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