This document sets out criteria for selecting and appraising data collections across the UK Data Service. A coordinated and robust approach to appraisal is required to ensure that: • Acquisition decisions will be based on explicit priorities and criteria which can be justified. • Ingest activities can be prioritised and data collections will follow an appropriate ingest and access pathway. • Business metrics can be conducted on Collections Development activities.

CESSDA Data Archiving Guide (DAG) UKDS appraisal criteria selection criteria

UKDS

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