As organisations race to meet today`s digital preservation challenges, are uncertainties over cost and necessity still stifling progress? Rebecca Pool finds out
As the costs of long-term digital preservation climb, cloud storage doesn't look set to bring them down, reports Rebecca Pool
The path to digital preservation has been peppered with problems, but progress has been rapid, reports Rebecca Pool
US-based Portico clinches a digital preservation deal with the University of Technology Sydney Library, Australia, to preserve its 11 electronic journals
Neil Grindley of JISC describes the importance of preserving digital information and some of the major projects that are helping with this
ALPSP is conducting a survey in response to the growing concerns over long-term preservation of digital content.
Portico signs agreement with the Australian Academic Press to preserve its entire digital journals collection of 14 titles.
The IUA libraries join more than 400 libraries from 11 countries in supporting Portico and digital preservation.
An off-line copy of the Portico archive is to be held for safekeeping by the National Library of the Netherlands.
Interest in JPEG 2000 grows in the archival and library sectors, as institutions look for more efficient formats to store digital information.
Wayne Sime discusses his hopes for the future of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
From bypassing aggregators to the influx of new university presses, the world of library-based publishing is changing fast, reports Rebecca Pool
Vivek Mehra explains how the English language is dominating global communication and changing school structure
Chris Smith
Chris Smith explains why they matter, and how publishers and universities can benefit
Rossana Morriello
Rossana Morriello assesses the ways in which librarians are supporting research in Italy
Nandita Quaderi – editor-in-chief of the Web of Science – champions objectivity, selectivity, and data integrity
This article was jointly written by Andrea Chiarelli (pictured), Juliane Kant and Birgit Schmidt on behalf of Knowledge Exchange. Andrea Chiarelli is a consultant at Research Consulting. Juliane Kant is partner representative for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in Knowledge Exchange. Birgit Schmidt is head of knowledge commons at Göttingen State and University Library.
Active engagement and collaboration are needed to deliver the promise of preprints, writes Andrea Chiarelli
