Abstract
There has been tremendous growth in the amount of digital content created by libraries, publishers, cultural institutions and the general public. While there are great benefits to having content available in digital form, digital objects can be extremely short-lived unless proper attention is paid to preservation. Reflecting on our experience with the digital preservation service Portico, we provide background on Portico’s history and evolving practice of sustainable preservation of the digital artifacts of scholarly communications. We also provide an overview of the digital preservation landscape as we see it now, with some thoughts on current requirements for preservation, and thoughts on the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.
Highlights
In the last three decades there has been tremendous growth in the amount of digital content created by libraries, publishers, cultural institutions and the general public
Unlike print objects – which, when they have been printed on acid-free paper and are held in reasonable conditions, can last for many decades with only minimal attention – digital objects can be extremely shortlived unless proper attention is paid to preservation
15 years since the creation of the Digital Preservation Coalition and the early phase of community-supported services such as Portico and LOCKSS, and during this time we have learned a great deal about the challenges that exist in providing reliable, scalable and sustainable long-term preservation and, when needed, access to preserved content
Summary
In the last three decades there has been tremendous growth in the amount of digital content created by libraries, publishers, cultural institutions and the general public. Many organizations provide digital preservation, including governmental agencies, not-for-profits with preservation services, libraries and commercial entities interested in preserving their content for future research It is over extremely short-lived unless proper attention is paid to preservation’. 15 years since the creation of the Digital Preservation Coalition and the early phase of community-supported services such as Portico and LOCKSS, and during this time we have learned a great deal about the challenges that exist in providing reliable, scalable and sustainable long-term preservation and, when needed, access to preserved content. We provide an overview of the digital preservation landscape as we see it along with our thoughts on the current requirements, opportunities, and challenges that lie ahead
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