Making Preservation Inevitable

Is the scholarly record preserved for the future? Not quite yet… this is very much a work in progress, and there are additional steps each of us (and our organizations!) can take to play our role. Mikael Laakso will present new research on the preservation status of Open Access books and make recommendations to all stakeholders. Gaelle Bequet will describe the roles that indexing services, hosting platforms, and preservation services can play in improving the long-term availability of Open Access journals. Jason Colman will describe University of Michigan efforts to align preservation efforts underway in academic departments, library, and press. Alicia Wise will share progress from a working group of libraries and preservation services to review the strengths and weaknesses of license clauses in agreements between libraries and publishers that cover long-term preservation.