Embedding Preservability for New Forms of Scholarship

Embedding Preservability for New Forms of Scholarship is the second project led by NYU Libraries that is exploring ways to improve the preservation of complex, non-traditional forms of digital publication. After three years embedding in publisher workflows for digital publications, providing guidance on features with preservability risks and how to address them, embedding team members from NYU Libraries, Portico, the LOCKSS Archive, the University of Michigan Libraries, and ATSPIN consulting have created a self-assessment tool that allows publishers, platform developers, and other content creators to analyze works and platforms to identify risks to long-term preservation. The tool, which has been tested over the past year in workshops with publishers, librarians, and preservation specialists, works in combination with the set of 68 guidelines published during the previous project. Together, the self-assessment tool and the guidelines will allow organizations with a range of technical expertise to produce interactive, multi-modal publications that can be preserved within the scholarly record. The tool and a revised version of the guidelines will be published in early 2025.