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Digital preservation of scientific e-journals: Colombian case study

Soto, Arley
Master thesis
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2015
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Abstract
Largest

publishers

and

biggest

libraries

around

the

world

have

treated

the

long-­‐term

preservation

of

scientific

e-­‐journals

with

high

standard

practices.

There

are

international

initiatives

that

provide

both

libraries

and

publishers

a

digital

redundancy

of

digital

works,

and

availability

of

the

content

if

a

trigger

event

happened,

so

they

are

considered

good

practices

to

assure

long-­‐term

access

for

users.

Some

national

libraries

have

also

a

key

role

in

the

preservation

of

scientific

e-­‐journals.

However,

these

best

practices

are

not

a

reality

for

small

publishers

or

independent

journals

in

Latin

America.

The

aim

of

the

study

is

to

have

a

better

understanding

about

the

digital

preservation

of

scientific

e-­‐journals

in

Colombia.

The

work

was

done

under

the

case

study

research

method.

Ten

interviews

were

applied

to

high-­‐level

people

from

several

organizations

involved

in

the

process

of

digital

preservation

of

scientific

e-­‐journals.

The

analysis

was

a

combination

of

deductive

and

inductive

methods,

from

a

qualitative

approach,

using

the

grounded

theory

and

constant

comparative

analysis

technique.

The

results

are

that

digital

preservation

of

scientific

e-­‐journals

is

a

multilevel

practice,

its

main

objective

is

to

reduce

the

risk

of

losing

digital

content

and

the

aim

is

to

provide

long

term

access

to

the

users.

Digital

preservation

is

influenced

by

the

cultural

and

organizational

change,

because

people

involved

in

the

process

are

still

living

a

transition

from

printed

to

digital-­‐born

issues.

Digital

preservation

is

part

of

a

long-­‐term

planning

at

several

levels;

it

requires

a

synergy

between

the

actors

involved,

including

policies

at

journal,

publishers,

research

and

national

level.

All

of

these

policies

required

meeting

standards

and

copyright

requirements

to

became

the

preservation

feasible.

The

policies

should

include

not

only

roles

and

responsibilities

but

also

the

strategies

and

infrastructure

required.

As

conclusion,

Latin

America

countries

have

the

responsibility

and

the

opportunity

to

provide

long-­‐term

solutions

to

scientific

e-­‐journals,

but

they

need

to

undertake

actions

at

journal,

publisher,

research

and

national

level.
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Joint Master Degree in Digital Library Learning (DILL)
Publisher
Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences

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