Abstract
Academic libraries rarely discuss cases of digital repositories that do not meet the standards expected of trusted digital repositories. Implications from inconsistent adherence to technical and professional criteria often surface during migration projects. In 2020, Stony Brook University Libraries began migrating assets to a mono-repository environment. Persistent historical factors presented challenges to repository trustworthiness. This case study discusses a survey project to evaluate legacy repository statuses in the contexts of infrastructure, documentation, and staff capacity. It considers a paradigm of organizational accountability in digital asset stewardship and offers insights for reconciling inherited legacies with aspirations to be a trusted repository.
Highlights
In 2020, Stony Brook University Libraries began migrating assets to a mono-repository environment
● This present study was spurred by preliminary planning work at Stony Brook University Libraries (SBUL), an academic research library, in anticipation of migrating assets from a multitude of repositories to a mono-repository environment, DSpace 6.3
Assessed SBUL for evidence of the 18 minimal required documents specified in TRAC
Summary
● This present study was spurred by preliminary planning work at Stony Brook University Libraries (SBUL), an academic research library, in anticipation of migrating assets from a multitude of repositories to a mono-repository environment, DSpace 6.3. ● Digital repository standard: Audit and Certifications of Trustworthy Digital Repositories ○ Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification: Criteria and Checklist (TRAC). ● We conducted a survey project designed to appraise digital repository legacies at SBUL with an emphasis on organizational infrastructure using the TRAC Checklist and two digital preservation assessment reports. 1957: Stony Brook University founded at Oyster Bay, NY (temporary campus) 1963: library opens on the Stony Brook campus 1971: library expansion project completed late 1990s: developed multiple digital repositories (e.g., DSpace, CONTENTdm) 2015: bepress (Academic Commons) 2016: Omeka 2020: Began migration of digital content to DSpace 6.3
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