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A very simple open archiving strategy for a small publisher
- Create an information pack for authors - help them to identify the material most critical for archiving, and encourage them to use PIDs, robust links, and to link to archived content
- Create a folder to hold all the material associated with the publications that you wish to upload to an archive
- Include within the folder
- the highest quality versions of the ebook publication you are able to generate (see the what formats section above)
- a file with as complete metadata for the publication as you have, in a format that can be easily read (see what metadata section)
- any additional or embedded resources it is important to make available to reader
- Create web archives of important links within the work using a suitable web archiving service, and make clear within the publication where these can be found.
- Upload the folder to a couple of general archiving platforms, ideally based in different countries and using different technologies (eg Internet Archive and Zenodo).
EnhanceReconsider and improveenhance each step over time as you can - archiving is an ongoing process!