As the field of digital preservation continues to mature, there is an increasing need to systematically assess an organization's abilities to achieve its digital preservation goals. A wide variety of assessment tools exist for this purpose. These range from light-weight checklists to resource-intensive certification processes. Conducted as part of the BenchmarkDP project, this paper presents a survey of these tools that elucidates available options for practitioners and opportunities for further research.

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Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Digital Preservation

School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill