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This presentation discusses the importance of digital preservation for publishers in the academic and professional publishing industry. It highlights the fiduciary duty to authors and end-users, the liability to shareholders, and the demand for trustworthy solutions from library customers. It also emphasizes the need for multi-stakeholder solutions and a multi-pronged approach to digital preservation.
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Alliance for Permanent Access;Value to Publishers of Digital Preservation A Publishers View Eefke Smit International Association of STM Publishers Director, Standards and Technology Frascati, 6 November 2012, Annual APA Conference
Who is STM ? • Memberorganisation assembling 125 international publishers in Science, Technology and Medicine • Memberscomefrom all backgrounds, large and small, commercial and not-for-profit • Jointlypublish > 66 % of all publications in academic and professional publishing • Share best practice, work onawareness, technology and standards, training • Foundingmember of Alliance for Permanent Access • Project-partner in PARSE.Insight, ODE and APARSEN
Value to Publishing Organisations • Digital Assets are core in today’spublishingindustry • Fiduciaryduty to authors and end-users to keep publicationsavailable in perpetuity • Liability to shareholders, require disaster recovery plans • Librarycustomersdemandtrust-worthysolutions: KB, Portico, Clockss • Accessibilityrulesagreed for triggerevents
Member of APA-Alliance • Multi-Stakeholdersolutions are paramount • Digital Preservationneeds a multi-prongedapproach • Avoid all eggs in one basket solutions • Networks of Excellence to offer a spectrum of approaches and solutions • Ourreason to support and join the Alliance for Permanent Access.