CREDIBILITY OF DIGITAL ARCHIVES. (Wiarygodnosc archiwów cyfrowych)

The authoress dicusses various meanings of digital archive term and presents types of currently operating digital archives. Attention is drawn to differences between archives of memory-guarding institutions and archives of business or administration sectors, followed by a detailed analysis of digital archive credibility evaluation and a list of credibility features which identify trustworthy services. The article is intended to serve as a documentation of all valid agreements on the organization, operation, audit and certification of trustworthy digital archives. The agreements in question are a result of international cooperation of such institutions as: DCC - Digital Curation Centre, OCLC - Online Computer Library Center, RLG – Research Library Group, NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, NESTOR - Network of Expertise in Long-term Storage of Digital Resources and CRL - U.S. Center for Research Libraries. The agreements are available in English: 'Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification. Criteria and Checklist (TRAC)' and German: 'Kriterienkatalog vertrauenswürdige digitale Langzeitarchive'.