TY - JOUR
T1 - Online serials: preservation issues
AU - Day, Michael
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - The paper consists of a preliminary investigation of preservation issues related to scholarly online electronic serials. Some background issues are discussed relating to how preservation should be defined, types of electronic serials, the current and future development of scholarly communication and formats currently in use. The discussion of preservation that follows looks at media longevity, hardware and software dependence and obsolescence, data migration, authentication, copyright and ownership issues, legal deposit and the related problems of who should preserve and what should be preserved in the digital age.
AB - The paper consists of a preliminary investigation of preservation issues related to scholarly online electronic serials. Some background issues are discussed relating to how preservation should be defined, types of electronic serials, the current and future development of scholarly communication and formats currently in use. The discussion of preservation that follows looks at media longevity, hardware and software dependence and obsolescence, data migration, authentication, copyright and ownership issues, legal deposit and the related problems of who should preserve and what should be preserved in the digital age.
UR - http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/publications/online-serials/
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J123v33n03_01
U2 - 10.1300/J123v33n03_01
DO - 10.1300/J123v33n03_01
M3 - Article
SN - 0361-526X
VL - 33
SP - 199
EP - 221
JO - The Serials Librarian
JF - The Serials Librarian
IS - 3
ER -