A Reliable Digital Repository

• negotiates for and accepts appropriate information from information producers and rights holders;

• obtains sufficient control of the information provided to support long-term preservation;

• determines, either by itself or with others, the users that make up its designated community, which should be able to understand the information provided;

• ensures that the information to be preserved is “independently understandable” to the designated community;

• follows documented policies and procedures that ensure the information is preserved against all reasonable contingencies and enables the information to be disseminated as authenticated copies of the original or as traceable to the original;

• ·makes the preserved information available to the designated community; and works closely with the repository’s designated community to advocate the use of standard practice in the creation of digital resources, including outreach programs for potential depositors.