Digital Preservation Management and Technology

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Journal call for papers from The Electronic Library
New section in The Electronic Library
Section Co-editors: Dr Gillian Oliver and Professor G E Gorman Victoria
University of Wellington, New Zealand

Digital preservation management and technology are two inter-related

issues confronting all memory institutions: libraries, archives, galleries and
museums. Such institutions are addressing very similar questions
regarding the management of preservation activities and of preserved
artefacts, as well as the technologies required to preserve, disseminate and
access these artefacts. For many, this has been the unexpected
consequence of rushing to reformat existing collections to enable digital
accessibility. Resourcing issues (shortage of expertise, limited availability
of funding) are forcing collaborative activity to an unprecedented degree
between the distinctly different collecting paradigms represented by these
institution types. As the functionality of web technologies and social media
software increasingly influence the ways in which these institutions
operate, the focus on DPMT, on collaboration between technologists and
managers, and on inter-institutional collaboration will increase. It is
therefore timely to consider devoting a significant section of an existing
journal (The Electronic Library) to capture interest and research in this
sector.

In time, Digital Preservation Management and Technology may become a

full journal, the focus of which will be research in the broad field of digital
preservation management and related technologies in this cross-sectoral
domain, which includes academic, corporate, government, scientific and
commercial contexts. It will address issues relating to the continuity of
digital information, including digital objects, metadata and the context of
their creation, management and use. It will encompass all purposes for
which information is managed by the different occupational groups: as
evidence, for accountability, for knowledge and awareness and for
pleasure and entertainment. Coverage is intentionally international. The
emphasis will be on research and conceptual papers in these fields.

Articles should be either conceptual papers or research papers in the

region of 3000-6000 words.

All submissions will be double-blind peer reviewed. by members of the

Editorial Advisory Board.

There will be an international Editorial Advisory Board whose specific task

will be to double blind peer review submissions. The 20-30 Board members
will be from North America, the UK, Australasia, Asia and elsewhere.

Please direct submissions to 'Digital Preservation Management and

Technology' at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tel. Full information and
guidance on using ScholarOne Manuscripts is available on The Electronic
Library author guidelines
page http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.ht
m?id=el