Building Trustworthy Digital Repositories: Theory and Implementation combines information on both theory and practice related to creating trustworthy repositories for records into one up-to-date source. This book will bring all the credible theories into one place where they will be summarized, brought up to date, and footnoted. Moreover, the book will be international in its scope, and will discuss ideas coming from such important sources as Australia, Canada, and Western Europe. Until about five years ago, there were very few implementation projects in this area. This book brings together information on implementation projects that answer these questions: *What is a trustworthy repository for digital records? *Who is building these repositories, and what have been the results? *How are institutions building or creating these repositories? *How are institutions addressing the essential requirement related to the ingest or capture of records? *How are institutions automatically and manually capturing essential metadata and audit trails? *How are institutions implementing retention and disposal decisions within these systems? *How are institutions implementing preservation strategies to ensure that digital objects are accessible over long periods of time? *What is the current status of trustworthy repositories, and what will these systems look like in the future?

Building Trustworthy Digital Repositories: Theory and Implementation combines information on both theory and practice related to creating trustworthy repositories for records into one up-to-date source. This book will bring all the credible theories into one place where they will be summarized, brought up to date, and footnoted. Moreover, the book will be international in its scope, and will discuss ideas coming from such important sources as Australia, Canada, and Western Europe. Until about five years ago, there were very few implementation projects in this area. This book brings together information on implementation projects that answer these questions: *What is a trustworthy repository for digital records? *Who is building these repositories, and what have been the results? *How are institutions building or creating these repositories? *How are institutions addressing the essential requirement related to the ingest or capture of records? *How are institutions automatically and manually capturing essential metadata and audit trails? *How are institutions implementing retention and disposal decisions within these systems? *How are institutions implementing preservation strategies to ensure that digital objects are accessible over long periods of time? *What is the current status of trustworthy repositories, and what will these systems look like in the future?

Make sense of the myriad options for managing records. Content management systems, data warehouses, relational databases - the ways an institution can organize and store its information are changing rapidly. Here is a comprehensive guide to the new technologies that can help us better organize vital documents and information for preservation, search, and retrieval. Bantin looks at the major types of resources - relational databases; data warehouses; and content, document, and knowledge management systems - and the ways each captures, stores, and manages records. Each system is evaluated in light of its ability to manage digital content over the longterm. Bantin also offers suggestions for adapting turnkey systems to better serve organizational needs, tips for implementing systems assessment, and guidance for ensuring systems comply with legal requirements. This is an essential resource for any organization interested in utilizing technology to better maintain their organizational records and data.