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Copim Open Archiving Criteria for Open Access Publications Eight criteria are identified for the effective archiving of open access publications. Although developed primarily for books, we believe the criteria are appropriate for open access publications gener...

Defining an ebook is not easy - and indeed an important part of the COPIM and OBF projects has been to push the boundaries of any such definition through the Experimental Publications work packages (link to the related book in Copim Compas). For the sake of t...

The first question for a publisher (or author) to address in developing an archiving strategy is: why archive the work at all? One primary motivation is to enable a reader at some time in the future to be able to access the content of the publication.   What...

It seems unlikely that it is either necessary or feasible to archive every aspect of a publication. The first step is to consider how important the various components of the publication are to the understanding of the work by a future reader, and prioritise th...

Archiving something is clearly better than not archiving at all, so a starting point is to archive what you have! But given the opportunity to develop or select between alternatives, the project team developed "Good, better, best" guidance around alternative ...

Metadata is critical for the discovery and effective dissemination of books. Just putting something online doesn't mean anybody will get to know about it - and this is particularly true for future readers searching and accessing works in ways we have not yet i...

As part of the OBF project the Garth Stewart at the Digital Preservation Coalition undertook a report looking specifically at issues around the archiving and preservation of outgoing links and the content associated with those links. Stewart, G. (2026). Think,...

As part of the work undertaken within the OBF project we have identified many alternative archiving solutions and, in light of our recommendations for Open Archiving Criteria, conducted an analysis of some of the main alternatives. For five specific archives (...

This toolkit is intended to provide an overview and guidance for the archiving and preservation of ‘simple’ open access ebooks, targeted primarily at small publishers.  As will become clear, archiving and preservation should not be considered the role of the p...

The OBF Project recognised that the archving and preservation of eThesis was as areas of significant concern, with the DPC identifying eThesis as an endangered object in need to further study. This has led to two major pieces or work - conducted in conjunctio...

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The Preserving e-Theses Resources Pack, developed by the Digital Preservation Coalition in partnership with the Open Book Futures project, provides practical, flexible guidance to help universities support the long-term accessibility and use of doctoral theses...

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 ...