In 2023, Persée celebrated its 20th anniversary. This milestone coincided with the publication of the one millionth document on the persee.fr portal, confirming the programme’s original mission: to provide open access to collections of heritage and contemporary scientific publications.

This activity report is not just about looking back, it is also about looking forward. Through the achievements of 2023, but also through the experiments and partnerships pursued this year, it shows the extent to which Persée has developed and diversified to meet the new uses and challenges of research.

Reflecting on a year at CLOCKSS, the focus of collection development in a dark archive involves proactive stewardship to ensure long-term preservation rather than immediate accessibility. Key priorities include addressing emerging scholarly trends, enhancing diversity and inclusion, and strengthening partnerships with publishers and libraries. The importance of a strong, engaged board for strategic direction was emphasized, along with the need for data-driven decision-making. For 2025, goals include adapting to open access trends, improving trigger mechanisms for user access, and ensuring financial sustainability while maintaining a mission-driven approach to preservation.

In Act now to stop millions of research papers from disappearing, Nature’s editorial board calls on the global research community to take steps to better preserve the growing number of research papers being produced each year, with a particular focus on at-risk publications.

Citing a study that says at least 2 million research articles are not being preserved, the editorial highlights three ways to help address the challenge.

Since 2008, the German National Library has been digitizing the tables of contents of newly published books and journal titles in Germany, both within and outside the publishing trade. As part of a major project that spanned the years 1945–2012, a total of more than 2.1 million tables of contents were digitized. The import of the tables of contents from this major project will be completed in the course of the 4th quarter. So far, around 1.6 million tables of contents have been made available from this project.

Further information on the completed major project can be found at: Catalogue Enrichment 1945-2012.

El Consorcio Iberoamericano para la Educación en Ciencia y Tecnología (ISTEC) y la Red Brasileña de Servicios de Preservación Digital Cariniana vienen desarrollando conjuntamente diversas actividades orientadas a la promoción de la preservación digital.

La Red Cariniana facilita el intercambio de estudios e investigaciones y la integración de contenidos de memoria digital institucional para una preservación distribuida a largo plazo. Surge para crear una red de servicios y productos de preservación digital, asegurando acceso continuo a las colecciones. Actualmente, cuenta con 22 instituciones nacionales y 5 internacionales, además de recursos para miembros y socios académicos de ISTEC.

The Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) provide essential guidelines for managing and sustaining open scholarly infrastructure, fostering transparency, collaboration, and long-term access to research data. CLOCKSS aligns with POSI principles, ensuring its archive is diverse, secure, and community-driven. Governance includes a stakeholder-run board, transparency in operations, and a plan for succession. Financial sustainability is ensured through a stable revenue model. Additionally, CLOCKSS uses open-source technology for long-term data preservation and follows open access policies, ensuring its mission of preserving scholarly records remains steadfast. Metadata for all the content archived by CLOCKSS is publicly discoverable on their website and in the KEEPERS registry for journals.

The NISO RP-45-2024 set of recommendations provides guidelines for clear communication regarding retractions, removals, and expressions of concern (CREC) in research. It emphasizes transparency and standardized procedures to maintain visibility and trust. Services like CLOCKSS play a crucial role in preserving scholarly content and metadata, ensuring continued access even if original sources become unavailable. During journal ownership changes, collaboration between publishers is essential for maintaining accurate article statuses and metadata.

This paper gives a short overview of Keepers registry and describes two use cases for interacting with the registry: (1) using it to query data and crosscheck it against institutional holdings to prioritize holdings for in-house digital preservation (2) reporting archival holdings back to Keepers Registry to make institutional preservation activities transparent. The paper describes the use cases in the context of TIB’s digital preservation processes and outlines solutions found and challenges encountered. It concludes with an outlook to further work for TIB’s workflows as well as for an e-journal preservation registry in general.

On 5 July 2024, Dr Maureen Pennock, Head of Digital Collection Management at the British Library, presented an overview of her  work to develop the CHARM Reference Model for Digital Preservation Risk, as part of her PhD thesis at the University of Dundee.

CHARM, a risk science approach, differentiates between risk conceptualization and measurement. It aids in creating holistic risk assessments that consider various types of risk, rather than focusing solely on one type. This approach can support flexible and comprehensive preservation planning risk responses.