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The Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation (ISRDI) at the University of Minnesota submitted an application for approval to the Core Trust Seal (CTS) in June 2022. In the course of the protracted process of preparing ISRDI materials for the application, we learned five lessons that expanded our perspective on the role of the archive within our organization and committed the Institute to building a sustainable metadata culture. After reviewing the specialized nature of ISRDI as it developed over time, clarifying and documenting the processes that developed as the Institute matured and expanded, and applying the standards and guidelines supported by the CTS, ISDRI staff are now better positioned to identify areas of future process development and to address outstanding needs for documenting and preserving the Institute's work. These lessons are applicable to research organizations responsible for preserving a record of their work in the mid- and long-term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The use of quantitative methods in leading historical journals increased dramatically in the 1960s and declined sharply after the mid-1980s. The JIH is an invaluable source for analysis of the boom and bust in the use of quantitative methods in history; the journal remained under the same editors for almost fifty years and made no attempt to change editorial policies during that period. Shifting patterns of content and authorship in the JIH from the 1980s to the early 2000s reveal how the journal responded to a dramatic decline in quantitative submissions by U.S.-based historians. Recent years have seen a revival of quantification both in the JIH and in mainstream historical journals, especially among historians located at institutions outside the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]