The KB e-Depot: Building and Managing a Safe Place for e-Journals

This article describes the policies behind the e-Depot of the National Library of the Netherlands and the experience of running an operational digital archive, focussing on the lessons learned after six years of operations in terms of collections, technology, organisation and staff. It concludes wit...

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Main Author: Marcel Ras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: openjournals.nl 2009-03-01
Series:Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries
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Online Access:http://www.liberquarterly.eu/articles/10.18352/lq.7951/
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Summary:This article describes the policies behind the e-Depot of the National Library of the Netherlands and the experience of running an operational digital archive, focussing on the lessons learned after six years of operations in terms of collections, technology, organisation and staff. It concludes with an international collaborative perspective on digital preservation.
ISSN:2213-056X