Published Research Papers
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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. |
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Group: Research Outputs |
Trend in 2021: |
Consensus Decision |
Added to List: 2017 |
Trend towards reduced risk |
Previous classification: Vulnerable |
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. |
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‘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. |
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‘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. |
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2021 Review This entry was added in 2017 under ‘Published research outputs’, though without reference to the capacity of the repository infrastructure. The 2019 Jury amended it 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. While the 2020 Jury found no change in trend, the 2021 Jury agreed it should remain vulnerable, but discussed improvements and initiatives towards preservation of research data and outputs leading to the trend towards reduced risk. |
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Additional Jury Comments See also:
Resources and recent outputs from Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Preservation Network, which developed to digitally preserve Open Journal Systems (OJS) journals, online at: https://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp-pn/ |