Digital Preservation of Electronic Resources

Digital Preservation of Electronic Resources

Web archiving

This paper illuminates the multiple challenges of archiving naively digital academic content and emphasizes digital preservation is more difficult than print. Digital native content has dramatically increased with transition of academic journals and publishers eliminating print copies. The rise in the quantity of content is compounded by the authors’ assertion that digital content is “fragile and not durable”. The ability to access content in the future will depend heavily on the technologies available. The authors suggest several strategies to aid in digital content preservation: data migration, technology preservation, and software emulation. It is acknowledged financial difficulty can strain digital preservation efforts. The authors propose collaborative efforts between libraries, publishers, governmental entities, and open archival systems to increase digital content preservation.

Gaur, Ramesh and Tripathi, Manoram

DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology

2012-07-18

Raible, John

Journal Article

Gaur, Ramesh C., and Tripathi, Manorama. 2012. "Digital Preservation of Electronic Resources." DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 32, no. 4 (July 2012).