ture is the existence of a sufficient number 
of trusted organizations capable of storing, migrating, and providing access to digital 
collections’. The task force saw that ‘trusted’ or trustworthy organizations could not simply 
identify themselves. To the contrary, the task force declared, ‘a process of certification for 
digital archives is needed to create an overall climate of trust about the prospects of 
preserving digital information’. 
Work in articulating responsible digital archiving infrastructu