An investigative report on current long-term digital preservation situation among major Chinese libr

• 作 者: ZHANG Mei LI Lin ZHANG Xiaolin LIU Xiwen
• 机 构: National Science Library,Chinese Academy of Sciences,
• 出 处: Chinese Journal of Library and Information Science
• 发表日期: 2008年Z1期
• 关键词: preservation libraries participation urgent library preserve subscription publis

The paper reports a survey on the attitudes,arrangements,and operational model of more than 40 major Chinese libraries(CL)on long-term digital preservation.It reveals that digital preservation becomes an urgent concern for these libraries in our survey.Most of these libraries take a pro-active approach to the issue and most of them are in favor of participation in a certain collaborative preservation system,though a few still remain in a wait-and-see posture.

The paper reports a survey on the attitudes, arrangements, and operational model of more than 40 major Chinese libraries (CL) on long-term digital preservation. It reveals that digital preservation becomes an urgent concern for these libraries in our survey. Most of these libraries take a pro-active approach to the issue and most of them are in favor of participation in a certain collaborative preservation system, though a few still remain in a wait-and-see posture.