Completed research papers published in serials, monographs or theses which fall under specific collecting policies of research libraries or archives and are managed through dedicated repository infrastructures.

Group: Research Outputs

Trend: Improving

Strong Consensus Decision

Added to List: 2017

Last update: 2017

Previous category: Endangered

Imminence of Action

Action is recommended within five years, detailed assessment within three years

Significance of Loss

The loss of tools, data or services within this group would impact on people and sectors around the world.

Effort to Preserve

It would require a small effort to preserve materials in this group, with the deployment of proven tools or techniques.

Examples

Scholarly E-Books, Electronic Journals, E-theses, Electronic Monographs.

‘Endangered’ in the Presence of Aggravating Conditions

Lack of documentation; lack of clarity with respect to intellectual property; embedded complex objects; unstable funding for repository; lack of strategic investment; complex external dependencies; lack of persistent identifiers; bespoke formats; lack of legal deposit mandate.

‘Lower Risk’ in the Presence of Good Practice

Strong documentation including intellectual property rights; clarity of preservation path and ensuing responsibilities; credible preservation plan; proven capacity of repository; legal deposit preservation copying; post-cancellation access service; persistent identifiers used consistently; non-proprietary formats used and validated; minimal or well managed external dependencies.

2019 Review

Published research outputs were introduced in 2017, though without reference to the capacity of the repository infrastructure.  The jury has amended this category slightly to presume the existence of repository infrastructure and noted that the aggravating conditions which introduce risks and good practice enhancements which reduce it are mostly relevant to repository operations.

Additional Jury Comments

See also:

·        Beagrie, N (2013) Preservation, Trust and Continuing Access for E-Journals, DPC Technology Watch Report 13-04, online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.7207/twr13-04

·        Morrissey, S and Kirchhoff, A (2014) Preserving E-Books, DPC Technology Watch Report 14-01, online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.7207/twr14-01