Announcing APTrust’s New Preservation Storage Criteria

From APTrust:

APTrust is pleased to announce the publication of our new Preservation Storage Criteria, now available on the APTrust website. These criteria provide a clear, community-informed framework for evaluating current and future preservation storage providers in support of APTrust’s long-term stewardship mission.

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As APTrust continues to diversify and evolve its preservation storage options, it has become increasingly important to articulate shared requirements consistently and transparently. Recent experience integrating new storage providers underscored the value of having clearly documented criteria to identify potential risks early, avoid delays, and ensure alignment with community expectations and organizational priorities.

By publishing these criteria, APTrust aims to:

• Improve transparency around how preservation storage decisions are made
• Strengthen accountability with current and future storage providers
• Ensure that preservation storage remains trustworthy, resilient, and sustainable over time

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What the Criteria Cover

At a high level, the Preservation Storage Criteria emphasize:

• Security and confidentiality, including encryption in transit and at rest
• Integrity and fixity, with regular verification and clear reporting
• Resilience and recovery, including provider accountability and notification
• Transparency, such as audit logs and geographic awareness of storage locations
• Trustworthiness, grounded in vendor reputation and peer adoption

The criteria also outline enhanced capabilities and future considerations, such as single sign-on integration, sustainability reporting, automation, and external system integration.

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