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Published July 8, 2022 | Version v1
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The nestor Digital Preservation Community Survey: What does the landscape for digital preservation communities looks like?

  • 1. ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics
  • 2. TIB - Leibniz Information Center for Science and Technology University Library
  • 3. TIB - Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technlogy
  • 4. German National Libray
  • 5. (Göttingen State and University Library

Description

Due to the complexity of the task, networks and projects have been playing a central role in preservation ever since it began in the 1990s. Only by bringing together the expertise and experience of various institutions and players is it possible to cover all facets of the complex issues surrounding the long-term preservation of digital resources.

The landscape of digital preservation communities can be described based on the networks’ location – regional, national or international – as well as based on the digital preservation topics a network covers. While some networks, such as nestor, the German Competence Network for Digital Preservation or the Digital Preservation Coalition (dpc) cover a wide range of subjects, others, like the Open Preservation Foundation (OPF) target a specific challenge within digital preservation. A third network category is that of distinct service-providing networks, such as the former Digital Preservation Network (DPN), which functioned as a broker between members’ storage nodes.

While there have been many surveys looking at different digital preservation processes, there had not yet been an exhaustive survey which specifically addressed networks in digital preservation. In 2019, an ad hoc working group was formed within nestor to address the topic and close this gap.

After the questionnaire had been developed, the survey ran from September 2019 until May 2020. The results were analysed between May 2020 and July 2021. The analytical work also included the generation of so-called “community profiles”, which were sent to all the participating institutions for their approval. The community profiles provide an unprecedented global overview of networks in the field of long-term archiving – irrespective of their size and area of focus. These profiles, which can be viewed on the nestor website, make up a registry which will serve the purpose of transparency and facilitate the exploitation of synergies worldwide.

In this presentation we will present first results of the analysis of the data we collected and we will showcase the publication of the edited data and the community profiles.

We plan to repeat the survey systematically and will assimilate the lessons learned in order to improve the process iterative. The extensive participation in and the response to the first nestor community survey has shown us how important this topic is.

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