Addressing the uncertain future of preserving the past

Towards a robust strategy for digital archiving and preservation

Stijn Hoorens, Jeff Rothenberg, Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau, Martin van der Mandele, Ruth Levitt

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Storing and curating authentic academic literature and making it accessible for the long term has been a time-honoured task of national libraries. By guarding existing knowledge and facilitating its use to produce new insights, national and university libraries have formed an integral part of the research environment, complementing the roles of other stakeholders such as researchers, publishers and funders. However, recently the digital revolution has modified fundamentally the way that research results are circulated, reviewed, accessed and preserved. Hitherto established models of market dynamics and stewardship need to be rethought and part of the responsibilities of national libraries redefined. This document examines key determinants of the sustainable digital preservation of scholarly records, with specific reference to developing a robust approach to the archiving of such records at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Netherlands.

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  • Year: 2007
  • Pages: 139
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Hoorens, Stijn, Jeff Rothenberg, Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau, Martin van der Mandele, and Ruth Levitt, Addressing the uncertain future of preserving the past: Towards a robust strategy for digital archiving and preservation. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2007. https://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR510.html.
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