Looking into the importance of digital preservation in scholarly communications

A quarter of online journal articles are not digitally archived, warns Martin Eve.

In these posts, Martin Eve, Crossref's Principal R&D Developer, discusses the threat posed by the lack of backups, which can potentially result in the loss of up to a quarter of the scholarly record. Martin's articles highlight the need for robust digital preservation strategies.

• On the Crossref Community Forum is a link to an article published on Research Professional News, "Lack of backups threatens the scholarly" record.
• The CLOCKSS post offers a thorough examination of Martin Eve's insights on the preservation of over 7.5 million scholarly items. It explores the role of Crossref DOIs in enabling persistent discovery and access, goes into the complexities of safeguarding our academic legacy, and highlights the need for robust preservation strategies. This analysis highlights the importance of Martin Eve's work in the context of digital preservation: Martin Eve – Crossref DOIs, persistent discovery, and the digital preservation of 7.5 million item

• The article in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication offers an academic lens on the discussion, further expanding on Martin's concerns and the broader implications for the future of scholarly communication. Check out Digital Scholarly Journals Are Poorly Preserved: A Study of 7 Million Articles.
• On the Research Information website, in the report titled 'Quarter of scholarly record may be at risk,' Martin discusses the potential risk to a significant portion of academic publications due to inadequate preservation efforts. ?

Explore the articles and consider what actions we can take in our capacities to secure the future of scholarly communication.

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