| Preserving the Outputs of Research [Conference Paper] (2009) | |||||||||
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| Short report This paper is concerned with the challenge of preserving the outputs of research. Research is undertaken in many contexts. It is undertaken largely by our universities, but also by industry, government agencies and independent scholars. Research generates primary outputs (such as data sets, images, video files and sound recordings) and secondary outputs (such as books, pre-prints, journal articles, conference papers, theses, technical reports, unpublished papers and web sites) which interpret and summarise the research findings. You may be asking “is this topic in scope for an “Archiving Web Resources” conference? What exactly are “Web resources”? I will assume that a “web resource” is any document or information resource that can be accessed via the World Wide Web, whether or not that resource is protected by an authentication barrier. For those primary and secondary outputs of research that are in digital form, a significant proportion would meet the definition of “web resources”. Many of them form part of the “deep web”. This paper will examine the key issues and challenges in preserving the outputs of research. It will survey recent responses to these challenges, especially in the United Kingdom and Australia, and will suggest additional steps which are required to meet the challenges. | |||||||||
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