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How much toll to pay for a safe place?. Strategies for permanent access Hans Jansen, Head Research & Development Division, National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek). Sont. Cargo vessel type: ‘fluyt’. Battle in the Sont 1658. This presentation.
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How much toll to pay for a safe place? Strategies for permanent access Hans Jansen, Head Research & Development Division, National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek)
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Permanent access Cargo vessel type: ‘fluyt’
Permanent access Battle in the Sont 1658
Permanent access This presentation • History e-Depot and agreements with publishers • Strategies for permanent access • Requirements for permanent archives
Permanent access Koninklijke Bibliotheek: facts and figures • medium sized national library • founded in 1798 • 3 million paper volumes • 3 million electronic items • annual budget M€ 35 • staff 260 fte • deposit library since 1974 • www.kb.nl
Permanent access History e-Depot • 1994 inclusion of electronic documents in deposit collection • 1995-1999 pilot projects • 1998-2001 NEDLIB project • 1999 Request for Information / Call for Tender • 2000 contract IBM for joint development • 2002 delivery of system (DIAS) • 2003 operational e-Depot system
Permanent access Agreements with publishers • Two types: • general agreement with Dutch publishers organisation NUV (rev. 1999) • archiving agreements with international publishers: • Elsevier Science (2002), Kluwer Academic (‘03) • BioMed Central • Blackwell Publishing, Oxford University Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Sage, Springer, …
Permanent access Agreements with publishers Conditions: • Deposit free of charge • Restrictions on access • on-site access • interlibrary loan • Guarantee to licensees
Permanent access Figures October 2005: • 4,1m articles from 2,600 journals loaded (5 Tb) • 7m to go from existing agreements • annual increase 700,000 articles • load capacity 40,000 per day
Permanent access Strategies for permanent access • Digital objects: • omnipresent • volatile • perishable • fertile
Permanent access Strategies for permanent access • Approaches: • focus on the object • focus on the environment
Permanent access Requirements for permanent archives • Permanent commitment • Substantial resources • Sustained R&D efforts • Economies of scale
Permanent access Requirements for permanent archives Conclusions: • Number of candidates is relatively small • Co-operative efforts (also R&D)
Permanent access Strategies for permanent access Three models: • Safe Place Strategy • LOCKSS • Institutional Repositories Strategy
Permanent access Observations on the future KB strategy • e-Depot system • content of e-Depot • European activities • Alliance for Permanent Access • business models
Permanent access Costs • Materials • Initial and maintenance (KB: M€ 5, M€ 0,6) • Staff for processing & management (KB: M€ 0,5) • Staff for permanent R&D effort (KB: M€ 0,5 > 1,5)
Permanent access Whose concern? • Libraries: • obligation to preserve the records of science in printed or digital form • Publishers: • customers demand perpetual access • safeguard authenticity and integrity • protect intellectual property
Permanent access hans.jansen@kb.nl www.kb.nl