Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Time: 1pm-2pm ET
Several national and international funders have mandated requirements for data management and preservation, leaving researchers in search of a trustworthy place to deposit their data. What does digital preservation mean for a data repository? Can we provide this infrastructure for researchers?
Join the CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice to explore CoreTrustSeal, a core level certification based on the Core Trustworthy Data Repositories Requirements for any data repository. In this session, Corey Davis, Digital Preservation Librarian, and Shahira Khair, Data Curation and Organizational Analysis Librarian, will share how they successfully applied to have University of Victoria’s Dataverse CoreTrustSeal certified. Whether you plan to apply or not, join us to learn more about digital preservation best practices in data repositories.
This session will be recorded.
Corey Davis
Corey Davis is the Digital Preservation Librarian at the University of Victoria, with over 15 years of experience in academic libraries. He holds an MLIS from UBC and a BA in Greek and Roman Studies from UVic. He leads digital preservation policy and strategy development, collaborates on technological infrastructure, and advises faculty, researchers, and students. A founding member of the CARL Digital Preservation Working Group (DPWG), Corey focuses on collaborative efforts to safeguard digital collections for the future.
Shahira Khair
Shahira Khair (she/her) is a Librarian at the University of Victoria Libraries, with responsibilities for research data management and organizational analysis. She leads library support for the curation and publication of research data in UVic Dataverse, the Libraries’ CoreTrustSeal data repository, and collaborates with organizations across Canada to advance digital initiatives in research and higher education. She currently leads a national community of practice dedicated to building capacity for library assessment and communicating impact with the Canadian Association of Research Libraries. She holds an MSc and MLIS from the University of Ottawa.
About the Canadian Repositories Community of Practice
The Canadian Repositories Community of Practice unites professionals managing open repositories in Canadian libraries, academic institutions, and scholarly organizations. Its aim is to share best practices, identify collaboration opportunities, and network with colleagues nationwide. To join this community of practice and stay informed about the group’s upcoming events and ongoing activities, subscribe to REPOS-L, the repositories in libraries discussion list.
