We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for ‘Taking the Long View: International Perspectives on E-Journal Archiving’, an international conference hosted by EDINA and the ISSN IC, as part of the Keepers Extra project.
September 7th 2015, University of Edinburgh
An international conference organised as part of the Jisc-supported Keepers Extra project, ‘Taking the Long View’ brings together international archiving agencies, representatives of national libraries from around the world, and research libraries and consortia to exchange knowledge, share ideas and discuss requirements for potential global collaboration to increase preservation coverage and tackle the ‘long tail’.
The importance of assuring continuing access to e-journal content has long been recognised. Many institutions now have e-first collection policies that require archiving of serial content before e-only or print disposal actions can be taken. Nations are introducing legal deposit systems for electronic material. Yet analysis undertaken as part of the Keepers Registry has shown that over 80% of continuing resources assigned an ISSN have yet to be archived. The need for ‘conscious coordination’ of international activity is clear (Lavoie and Malpas, 2015). It is imperative that we now take the long view and consider if and how we can work together to address the challenge of stewarding the digital scholarly record.
Marking the 40th anniversary of the ISSN International Centre and the 20th anniversary of EDINA, this event presents a networking and briefing opportunity in which librarians can learn about a wide range of international activities, experiences and perspectives on the archiving and preservation of serial content, and gain insight into the operations and ambitions of some of the most important archiving agencies and initiatives from around the world.
More details and instructions on how to register are available on the conference website.
For more on the Keepers Extra project and the Keepers Registry, visit our blog.
