title: NDSA LEVELS OF DIGITAL PRESERVATION: A REVIEW IN TERMS OF TRUSTWORTHINESS OF DIGITAL RECORDS
creators: Özhan Sağlık
abstract: Records created in organizations that have archival value should be preserved for a long time, and to achieve this, digital preservation techniques are used. These techniques also contribute to the preservation of the trustworthiness of the records. In order to assess the situation of organizations in the implementation of their digital preservation activities, there is a need for an analysis tool. Many models have been prepared to meet this need. One is the Levels of Preservation (LoP) developed by the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA). The LoP provides guidance to organizations in their digital preservation activities. Therefore, it is thought that the LoP can be associated with trustworthiness which aims at long-term preservation of the records. This study examines the levels of digital preservation specified in the LoP in terms of the trustworthiness of digital records. As a result of this research, the goal is to provide the basis for a methodology for organizations wishing to assess their level of digital preservation and to align their digital preservation capabilities with trustworthiness. This study used document analysis as a qualitative research design. Both field observations and research show that organizations are not sufficiently aware of the level of digital preservation and trustworthiness. Then, the question of the study is “how the levels that are specified in the LoP can be associated with the trustworthiness”. As a result of the study, it has been observed that the levels of digital preservation specified in the LoP can be used in the analysis of the trustworthiness of the records. It is expected that this study will raise awareness in the organizations to do a better job of preserving the records that have archival value.
keywords: digital records digital preservation trustworthiness