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Digital preservation: challenges and implementation
Author(s) -
KIRCHHOFF Amy J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1087/095315108x356716
Subject(s) - discoverability , digital preservation , computer science , backup , term (time) , redundancy (engineering) , digital content , world wide web , database , operating system , physics , quantum mechanics
The research of the future requires access to the research of the past. This access cannot be assured without reliable long‐term preservation of scholarly digital content. Near‐term access can be guaranteed with backup and access system redundancy. Mid‐term access can be protected with byte replication. But assurance of long‐term access requires digital preservation – the series of management policies and activities necessary to ensure the enduring usability, authenticity, discoverability, and accessibility of content over the very long term. Portico, with a mission to preserve scholarly digital content, is one organization providing such long‐term digital preservation.