UVic Dataverse certified as a trustworthy repository

October 28, 2024

The University of Victoria Libraries is happy to announce that University of Victoria Dataverse has been certified as a Trustworthy Data Repository by the CoreTrustSeal Standards and Certification Board.

CoreTrustSeal is an international non-governmental organization promoting sustainable and trustworthy data infrastructures. Achieving this certification demonstrates that University of Victoria Dataverse meets the highest standards of data management and preservation.

UVic researchers who deposit their research data with the libraries can be assured that it will continue to be discoverable, accessible, and reusable for many years to come. For data users, it means they can trust the data we hold follow best practices in data curation, thereby enhancing their quality and usability.

University of Victoria Dataverse is a proud member of Borealis, the Canadian Dataverse Repository. Borealis is a bilingual, multidisciplinary research data repository service provided in partnership with academic libraries and research institutions across Canada.

The University of Victoria Libraries is the first Canadian academic library to achieve this certification. Funding and support for our CoreTrustSeal application was provided through a grant from the Digital Research Alliance of Canada and the Borealis community.