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2008 Hawaii Library Association Conference at the Grand Wailea, Maui
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Digital Preservation of Scholarly Journals: A Publisher’s Perspective
Adam CheslerHawai’i Library AssociationOctober 24, 2008
Why Preserve This Content? Ensure long-term availability of
scholarly record Fulfill obligation to contributors Secure publisher’s patrimony
Contribution to scholarly record Bigger than any organization itself:
content is more important than business models and subscriptions
Who’s Responsible?
Publishers Digital content hosted by providers
Distribution from central host makes sense: interactivity, upgrades to display/search/etc capabilities, linking
Librarians Traditional stewards of published content
Experience dealing with over-arching issues Third Parties – new players
Independence from old business concerns
Global reach In other words, the entire community
What is being preserved?
By Publishers (third parties) Journals
Full text Supplementary information
As available/practical Books (if/as available)
By Libraries (institutional repositories) Theses Lab reports Technical papers Local research
Is Digital Easier to Preserve? Conversion from print to digital enables new
and broader means of preservation Can’t reproduce a Gutenberg Bible, but can easily
save copies of the digital version But…
More gateways means more potential failure points More versions (official and unofficial) means
potential for more confusion Multiple authorized hosts important
Replicates successful print archiving apparatus, while accounting for digital technology/realities
Local loading suits only local users International network with preservation
mission Reliable sources in absence of publisher availability
Some Major Initiatives
Royal Dutch Library LOCKSS Portico CLOCKSS PubMedCentral Institutional repositories
Open Questions
How do we preserve “organic” or interactive content? Which one is the version of record? What happens when format changes ? Rendering software – will content be readable?
Searchable? Findable? Connectable? Costs
Viability of different/multiple initiatives Sharing of expenses – how?
Should we preserve everything? Who’s responsible for out-of-copyright materials? Which version should be saved (author’s,
publisher’s)? Who gets access? And when?
