Managing JSTOR Print Back-file Collections

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The JSTOR digital archive provides access to more than a thousand digitized print journals and is one of the mostly heavily used electronic scholarly resources. Two major research libraries (the University of California system and Harvard University) are under contract with JSTOR to ensure that complete print back-files are preserved in dark archives; other library groups have established additional light archives. How are these distributed archiving initiatives affecting your institution?

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    Is your institution actively contributing to a JSTOR print archiving program?

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    Has your institution de-accessioned any of its JSTOR print back-files?

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    Is your institution actively transferring JSTOR print back-files to off-site storage?

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    What level of validation (collation and condition assessment) are you performing on print journal back-files transferred to storage or contributed to a shared archive?

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    Would your institution be prepared to pay an annual subscription to a partner library for guaranteed access to print journal back files, so that local holdings might be de-duplicated?

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