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The International e-Depot to Guarantee Permanent Access to Scholarly Publications. Marcel Ras Tartu, June 2012. E-Journals and Preservation. Digital Preservation refers to the processes and procedures required to ensure content remains accessible well into the future.
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The International e-Depot to Guarantee Permanent Access to Scholarly Publications • Marcel Ras • Tartu, June 2012
KB International e-Depot E-Journals and Preservation • Digital Preservation • refers to the processes and procedures required to ensure content remains accessible well into the future. • Permanent Access (or perpetual access) • is most commonly associated with e-journal licence clauses designed to provide assurance of continued access to subscribed material in certain circumstances, including post-cancellation… • Digital Curation • refers to the actions people take to maintain, preserve and add value to digital information (assets) over its lifecycle.
KB International e-Depot What’s the problem with e-journals? • Libraries and publishers move to e-only • Renting not buying • On-line not in-store • Short term subscription, long term value • Publishing is international so transcends national boundaries • Needs assurance of long term access • Needs assurance of long term preservation • and don’t forget … • Volume • Growing complexity • Economics • Electronic legal deposit
KB International e-Depot Some metrics: volume • Over 26.000 peer reviewed STM journal titles • Over 5.000 scientific journal publishers • Top 40 publishers covers 60% STM titles • Top 140 covers 70% of STM titles • 97% of the publishers publishes less than 10 journal titles (31% article production) • 0,08% of the publishers publishes more than 1000 journal titles (41% article production) • Annual growth of articles is 1.5 million • Open Access is growing fast • 2.000 OA publishers; 7.500 Open Access titles in DOAJ
KB International e-Depot Some more metrics: usage and spendings • Usage of e-journals in academic libraries has risen with 22% annually between 2003 and 2007 (RIN 2011) • On average 47 article downloads a year / registered library user • 1,3 million researchers in EU. So a huge potential for usage • Library budget has shifted to favor e-journals over print (RIN 2011) • 80 million pond in UK universities in 2007 • € 31,5 million in 13 NL libraries in 2010 (€ 5 million on print) • ½ of journal subscriptions are sold in bundles of more than 50 titles • Big deals are ½ of NL library spending on e-journals. • Other ½ is not in big deals! • US survey showed that only a small part of e-journal titels is archived yet
KB International e-Depot What could happen? • Post-cancellations and Trigger-events • Library cancels subscription to journal • E-journal or past issue no longer available from publisher • Publisher ceases operation • Catastrophic failure of publisher’s operations/servers
KB International e-Depot Who cares? • Researchers • Permanent access to records of sciences to ensure future research • As author of scientific publications • Libraries • Investments in licenses • Serve their researchers and students • Publishers • Preservation of their content is not core business but selling argument • Preservation is expensive • Governmental bodies • Preservation of financed scientific output (nat.govenments and EU) • Stimulates open access • Publishing industry is large EU industry • Public interest
KB International e-Depot How to solve the problem? • Post-cancellation access in licenses with publishers • Archives keeping content alive • Trusted, 3rd party preservation and guarantee of access • Helps publishers keep their desks clear • Means libraries can move to e-only • Concentrates preservation expertise • Provides economies of scale • KB international e-Depot = Archiving solution • And also Portico, CLOCKSS
KB International e-Depot Library requires trust from archival solution • Content coverage • is my licensed content preserved and permanent accessible? • Access • what will I gain access to? when? under what conditions? • Solution viability • will these efforts last? • Do the services fit together? • Library responsibilities • what will this cost in terms of time, expertise, funding? • Technical approach • will this really preserve the material?
KB International e-Depot International e-Depot as trusted digital repository • KB is national library of The Netherlands (founded in 1789) • Responsible for collecting, cataloguing, preserving and providing permanent access to publications with Dutch imprint • 275 fte • (voluntary) deposit library since 1974 • Running an e-Depot since 2003 • Redevelopment • of technical infrastructure • of organisational goals
KB International e-Depot The international e-Depot • A service to guarantee permanent access to international academic publications for the European research community • Is to guarantee continuous access to academic publications • Permanent access in case of emergency (post-cancellation, triggers) • Safe storage • Preservation strategies • Collaboration in a network of safe places • Portico, CLOCKSS, Keepers Registry • To serve the Dutch research community as a starting point • Next to serve the European research community • A certified trusted digital archive
For Libraries Security Coverage Trigger Event Access Post-Cancellation Access No costs local archiving Future accessibility guaranteed For Publishers Security Preservation actions Trigger Event-Access Respond to library demands No costs for archiving systems No preservation actions KB International e-Depot Services
KB International e-Depot But what does it cost? • Cost factors are (TCP, Total cost of preservation): • Staff (training) • Storage • Infrastructure (services, systems, workflows) • Preservation actions • Depending on content types • Cost model available and use for calculation costs international e-Depot • Costs are about 1,2 million € anually • 50% is staffing • 40% is infrastructure and storage • 10% is preservation actions and preservation research
KB International e-Depot Business model • Based on the notice that stakeholders have to take up their responsibility and have to share the burden • This means that • Publishers will pay for save storage and preservation • Libraries will pay a sort of insurence fee for permanent access • Covers most of the costs for maintaining • Development for the other stakeholders
KB International e-Depot Partnering Libraries, Publishers and Archival Solutions Archival Service Archival Agreement Insurance Agreement Preservation Permanent Access Library Researcher Publisher Licenses Access
KB International e-Depot • Marcel Ras • Program Manager • International e-Depot • National Library of The Netherlands • mail to: marcel.ras@kb.nl