Mirror mirror on the wall does your repository reflect it all?

The conference aims state that "One of the most important roles of repositories is to enable greater use and reuse of their contents". It stands to reason that the quality of the data held in a repository has an important influence on the ability to and desirability of using and reusing that data.

As repository service and support providers we work with many different institutions around the world. Our presentation will describe the journey that we are taking with our clients towards being able to answer questions such as: Does my repository accurately reflect the published output of my institution? In order words, how can we help repository administrators validate the completeness and accuracy of their repository holdings?

In attempting to answer these questions we have embarked on a process of enquiry, development and support that we hope will lead us to a set of tools and procedures for the repository community.

This presentation will use case studies to consider the questions: 1. Does our repository content accurately reflect the published output of our institution?, 2. Is our bibliographic metadata accurate and complete? and 3. Are our publications correctly and unambiguously associated with the right authors, editors, contributors?