Integrating preservation into librarian workflows

The core mission of libraries is to ensure perpetual access to the record of knowledge. As a review of the NASIG webinar (formerly North American Serials Interest Group), ‘Integrating Preservation into Librarian Workflows’, this article examines working models constructed to sustain perpetual access for their institutional communities. Two critically distinct aspects are highlighted. One is concerned with long-term preservation and the other addresses a library’s ability to provide post-cancellation access to its user community, given budgetary or physical space constraints. In 2022, NASIG approved the committee’s Model Digital Preservation Policy, which is supposed to be revised through shared library use cases.

The role of the Keepers Registry is also explained.