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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 document presents the structure and content of a Website for developing archives in 2016. Websites are essential instruments of the new data services, even before they become operational, since they allow for information and promotion of the services and tools that will soon be available.

This deliverable from the project SERSCIDA describes the creation of Websites for the new institutions. It includes the Website structure and content, the physical infrastructure, and future developments. Websites are an essential instrument for new data services, even before these go into operat...

This document details the functionality to be assessed in selecting an archiving tool. SEEDS partner institutions were choosing the most appropriate tool to support their future archiving operations, based on specific demands of each partner, as well as local resources concerning the technical in...

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 guide aims to assist interested actors, or country teams, in developing plans for establishing national data services in the social sciences.

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...

The prototype described in this paper provides the technical basis for all key archiving functions, following the OAIS model. The deliverable also discusses possible tools for distribution of data and presents the workflow.

The report identifies gaps (in 2017) for further development of data archives services in each country by exploring the wider ecosystem of data sharing culture, organisational setting, and service operational profile.

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...