Using the ISSN Portal to Check the Status of Your Journal Collections Regarding Digital Preservation

The Keepers Registry, managed by the ISSN International Centre since 2019, monitors preservation for digital and digitized serials, including scholarly journals. It aggregates data from sixteen partner archiving agencies, covering around 70,000 titles as of November 2022. The ISSN Centre is developing a service for librarians to upload journal metadata and retrieve preservation data, including preserving agencies, covered years, and completeness of archived content. A case study from the University of California, Davis revealed only 40% of its collection is preserved by Keepers.

This article authored by Gaelle Bequet (ISSN International Centre), Michelle Polchow (University of California, Davis) and Shannon Keller (U.S. Department of State), was presented at NASIG 2023 conference whose proceedings are published by the University of Michigan.