Section outline

    • Before learning more about the key concepts of digital preservation, let's consider some of the paths that are available for digital preservation. This way, you may determine whom to approach for more information and support at your institution. The scenarios may vary from case to case but the list below should give you the right pointers. 

      If you would like to learn more about the technical principles and requirements for digital preservation, consider looking into our "Basic Principles of Digital Preservation" course too.

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      Many Diamond OA journals oparate with a very limited budget and are heavily reliant on in-kind contributions of their editors. Therefore, this list summarises possibilities for preservation that are free of charge for the journal:

      1. Check with your institutional library, national library, and publishing platform. They may have options for you!
      2. If a journal uses OJS, it is possible to use PKP Preservation Network free of charge: https://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/pkp-pn/en/
      3. If a journal is listed in DOAJ, it is possible to apply for it to be preserved via the JASPER project in one of the following ways: 
        • The OJS route: (guidance for PKP PN usage)
        • "The upload route: journals indicate to DOAJ that they wish to preserve their content with CLOCKSS. DOAJ matches the full text sent to them with the article metadata that they hold. We send everything to a remote folder. From this single location, archiving agencies, such as CLOCKSS and Internet Archive (and, later, other “Keepers”) collect the content.
        • The web-crawling route: if you cannot or do not want to export article metadata and full text, your journal website details will be provided to the Internet Archive for inclusion in a best-effort, automated web harvesting.
      4. Check a list of LOCKSS communities for specific national and local options (https://www.lockss.org/join-lockss/networks; https://www.lockss.org/join-lockss/case-studies); you can also try to apply to be preserved in GLN LOCKSS (https://www.lockss.org/gln#publishers).