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Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

10-30-2014

Citation

Data Science Journal (2014) 13: PDA83-PDA87 doi: 10.2481/dsj.IFPDA-14

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License: CC BY 3.0

Abstract

The Inter Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), a domain repository with a 50 50-year track record of archiving social and behavioural science data, applied for for—and acquired acquired—the Data Seal of Approval (DSA) in 2010. DSA is a non non-intrusive, straightforward approach to assessing organizational, technical, and operational infrastructure infrastructure, and signifies a basic level of accreditation . DSA assessment helped ICPSR become more transparent , monitor and improve archival processes and procedures , and raise awareness within the organization and beyond about best practice practices for repositories repositories. We relate our experience experiences with the DSA process process, and describe challenges and opportunities associated with DSA assessment assessment.

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