Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification (TRAC) is a checklist that developed from work done by the OCLC/RLG

Research Libraries Group

The Research Libraries Group was a U.S.-based library consortium which developed the Eureka interlibrary search engine, the RedLightGreen database of bibliographic descriptions and ArchiveGrid, a database containing descriptions of archival collections...

 Programs and National Archives and Records Administration

National Archives and Records Administration

The National Archives and Records Administration is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents, which comprise the National Archives...

(NARA) task force initiative.

The TRAC checklist is an Auditing tool to assess the reliability, commitment and readiness of institutions to assume long-term preservation responsibilities. Currently the repository is under the care of the Center for Research Library's (CRL) who are utilizing it in several independent projects. Eventually a complete audit and certification process for digital archives is expected to develop.

External links

Center for Research Libraries (CRL) report “Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification (TRAC) : Criteria and Checklist”

• http://www.crl.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/pages/trac_0.pdf
• http://www.crl.edu/archiving-preservation/digital-archives/metrics-assessing-and-certifying
• “Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification (TRAC) : Criteria and Checklist” (the full report).