Challenges and opportunities in the evolving digital preservation landscape: Reflections from Portico

There has been tremendous growth in the amount of digital content created by libraries, publishers, cultural institutions and the general public. While there are great benefits to having content available in digital form, digital objects can be extremely short-lived unless proper attention is paid to preservation. Reflecting on their experience with the digital preservation service Portico, four managers provide background on Portico’s history and evolving practice of sustainable preservation of the digital artifacts of scholarly communications. An overview of the digital preservation landscape is also given, with some thoughts on current requirements for preservation, and on the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.