The German National Library of Science & Technology (TIB) has announced that it has assumed responsibility for the digital preservation and availability of textual and non-textual materials. TIB, together with partner libraries ZB MED and ZBW within the Leibniz Library Network for Research Information (Goportis), is developing concepts for securing resources, allowing for existing experience and theoretical approaches. It is expected that an important prerequisite will be fulfilled with the decision to use a professional archiving system, which the TIB will set up and oversee.
It is observed that producers and users of scientific materials typically place demands in respect of integrity, authenticity, reliability and citability. The TIB seeks to take on this challenge with trustworthy and reliable digital preservation and a high quality assurance. The safeguarding of publication rights, long-term availability, the enrichment with bibliographical and technical metadata as well as the professional search for, and digital presentation of, the data are seen to be important aspects of this.
The TIB is the German National Library for all areas of engineering as well as architecture, chemistry, information technology, mathematics and physics.
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