Digital Data Curation in the Arca - Fiocruz Institutional Repository: Experience Report

Abstract

Digital curation involves data and information management activities that are very important in maintaining the quality of a repository. With such tought in mind, the Arca team, Institutional Repository of Fiocruz, established a plan of action to begin the curatorial work in the repository. The work began in 2015 on a permanent basis, and sought to establish guidelines and standards for managing and organizing digital information and objects. Some relevant aspects were taken into account during the process: decentralized data entry, repository acute growth, content diversity, data storage formats, validation of metadata, use of open standards for file formats, adopted procedures, standardization of data, supervising communities and managers, accessibility to documents, quality assurance of information, training of the information professional / curator, detecting nonstandard data and resolution of the arisen problems. The expected results of the curatorship are to ensure a quality standard of the records and digital objects inserted; Foster (Foment) actions for digital preservation; and promote the proper organization of the scientific production of Fiocruz inserted in the repository.