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The preservation policy is intended to give a succinct overview of the broader archival business processes of FORS, available to the public. It provides transparency on the objectives and principles that guide FORS with respect to its handling of digital data. It is addressed to research funders...

This deliverable from the SERSCIDA project deals with the future establishment of digital data archives in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. The first part describes the future data services from an organizational and structural viewpoint and the second part consists of a set of policy...

This Records Management and Archive Formation Plan is the highest-ranking directive concerning FSD’s operations and services. It is supplemented by an internal manual. The Records Management and Archives Formation Plan first describes how current legislation is taken into account in data manageme...

This report provides resources and guidelines for the development of internal service provider policies. It presents an implementable framework and a model that can be used by preservation organisations as a reference when building or renewing their organisational and operational data management...

This document presents three models (CESSDA-CDM, OAIS, DSA) and outlines the policies and procedures of the future Albanian archive on: 1. the high-level organisational infrastructure; 2. the digital object management procedures; 3. the technical infrastructure, security and risk management.

This document presents three models (CESSDA-CDM, OAIS, DSA) and outlines the policies and procedures of the future Kosovan archive on: 1. the high-level organisational infrastructure; 2. the digital object management procedures; 3. the technical infrastructure, security and risk management.

This document presents three models (CESSDA-CDM, OAIS, DSA) and outlines the policies and procedures of the future Macedonian archive on: 1. the high-level organisational infrastructure; 2. the digital object management procedures; 3. the technical infrastructure, security and risk management.

This document presents three models (CESSDA-CDM, OAIS, DSA) and outlines the policies and procedures of the future Montenegrin archive on: 1. the high-level organisational infrastructure; 2. the digital object management procedures; 3. the technical infrastructure, security and risk management.

In this policy the GESIS Data Archive describes its digital preservation principles and strategies. The document expresses GESIS’s awareness of responsibilities and measures required to ensure adequate preservation and access. It is addressed at members, committees, management, and employees of G...

Data selection and appraisal play an important role in the acquisition of data in any archival setting. The collections policy indicates the principles and criteria by which the archive develops its data collection in order to serve the designated community. In terms of acquisition, the FORS unit...