Seamus Ross Director, HATII & ERPANET Associate Director of DCC Services Funders: Service Definition & Delivery Digital Curation Centre a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation

2 Services Objectives Service Planning and Monitoring –Plan and organise Services stream of the DCC Standards, tools, testbeds, and Repositories –Ensure access to standards, tools and repositories of Representation Information Advisory Services –Provide guidance on curation and preservation Audit and Certification –Deliver Audit and Certification Services to the UK HE, FE and research Community

3 Service Mission Statement To transform research and development results into facilities and resources that improve digital curation practices and action within the scientific and research communities in the United Kingdom

4 Advisory Services track research and development activities by DCC, Associates Network, and others and make monitor standards and technology watch outputs establish mechanisms to assess leading edge research and to re-package it for practitioners provide on-demand responses to queries—from legal to technical guidance

5 Helpdesk Implemented the Advisory Service Tracking system –Ensures monitoring of requests for assistance, from query to response –Maximises investment in knowledge created through supporting its reuse –Tracks responsiveness and provides a platform to underpin quality assurance

6 Information Services Information Services in Development –Senior Scientist and Administrator Briefing Documents –Community developed, managed and enhanced DIGITAL CURATION MANUAL A source of authorative guidance on best practice and approaches to the preservation and management of digital materials –Database of FAQs –Checklist for Compliance with best practices and standards Information Services Anticipated –Case Studies –Preservation Technology and Standards Watch –Online Learning Materials

7 Training Services On-line learning resources Residential skills development courses for practitioners and researchers Integrated educational resources

8 Repositories Standards, tools, testbeds, and repositories –Develop guidelines on repository development –Maintain a standards watching brief –Build catalogue of tools

9 Audit & Certification Establish Audit and certification practices Deliver a protocol for audit and certification Development of Certification Procedures Develop self-certification mechanisms

10 Future Services Repositories –Format Information Registry –A Collaborative Repository on Standards –A Community maintained and participatory tools repository Responding to User Needs –New services arising as a response to user needs