Preserve Scientific Electronic Journals: A Study of Archiving Initiatives

Galyani Moghaddam, Golnessa Preserve Scientific Electronic Journals: A Study of Archiving Initiatives. The Electronic Library, 2008, vol. 26, n. 1, pp. 83-96. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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This paper seeks to review the archiving initiatives of scientific journals created and supported by various organizations or institutions. A review of nine archiving initiatives including JSTOR, Portico, E-Print Repositories, Open Access Model, LOCKSS, OCLC Digital Archive, JISC PubMed Central and KB e-Depot was carried out. The paper focuses mainly on the initiatives by an analytical approach. The paper provides a useful starting-point to anyone who wants to know about the preserving scientific electronic journal, enabling him/her quickly to achieve an overview of the existing archiving initiatives to date.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Digital Preservation, Electronic Archiving, Archiving Challenges, Scholarly Journals, Electronic Journals, Archiving Initiatives
Subjects: J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JH. Digital preservation.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HA. Periodicals, Newspapers.
J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JF. Paper preservation.
Depositing user: Golnessa Galyani Moghaddam
Date deposited: 06 Apr 2008
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:11
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/11332

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