Digital Curation Centre
a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation
Service Definition & Delivery
Seamus Ross
Director, HATII & ERPANET
Associate Director of DCC Services
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Services Objectives
• Service Planning and Monitoring
– Plan and organise Services stream of the DCC
• Standards, tools, testbeds, and Repositories
– Ensure access to standards, tools and
repositories of Representation Information
• Advisory Services
– Provide guidance on curation and preservation
• Audit and Certification
– Deliver Audit and Certification Services to the UK
HE, FE and research Community
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Service Mission Statement
To transform research and development
results into facilities and resources that
improve digital curation practices and action
within the scientific and research
communities in the United Kingdom
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Advisory Services
• track research and development activities by DCC,
Associates Network, and others and make
• monitor standards and technology watch outputs
• establish mechanisms to assess leading edge
research and to re-package it for practitioners
• provide on-demand responses to queries—from
legal to technical guidance
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Helpdesk
• Implemented the Advisory Service
Tracking system
– Ensures monitoring of requests for
assistance, from query to response
– Maximises investment in knowledge
created through supporting its reuse
– Tracks responsiveness and provides a
platform to underpin quality assurance
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Information Services
• Information Services in Development
– Senior Scientist and Administrator Briefing Documents
– Community developed, managed and enhanced
DIGITAL CURATION MANUAL
• A source of authorative guidance on best practice and
approaches to the preservation and management of
digital materials
– Database of FAQs
– Checklist for Compliance with best practices and
standards
• Information Services Anticipated
– Case Studies
– Preservation Technology and Standards Watch
– Online Learning Materials
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Training Services
• On-line learning resources
• Residential skills development courses
for practitioners and researchers
• Integrated educational resources
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Repositories
• Standards, tools, testbeds, and
repositories
– Develop guidelines on repository
development
– Maintain a standards watching brief
– Build catalogue of tools
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Audit & Certification
• Establish Audit and certification
practices
• Deliver a protocol for audit and
certification
• Development of Certification
Procedures
• Develop self-certification mechanisms
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Future Services
• Repositories
– Format Information Registry
– A Collaborative Repository on Standards
– A Community maintained and
participatory tools repository
• Responding to User Needs
– New services arising as a response to
user needs
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