DUF-Preservation represents Digital University Foundation's framework for supporting the continuity and long-term availability of scholarly content — extending beyond routine website hosting or server backup, aiming to reduce the risk that published material becomes unavailable due to platform failure or organizational change.

Preservation Approach

Regular and geographically appropriate backups, preservation of publication files and metadata, maintenance of persistent identifiers, version and file-integrity management, repository deposit where applicable, migration planning, and participation in recognized external preservation services where eligibility permits.

External Preservation Networks

Where a journal or book programme participates in an established preservation network, that service is identified specifically on the relevant publication's website. DUF does not represent content as preserved by an external network unless participation or deposit can be verified. Depending on eligibility, recognized solutions may include services associated with LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, the PKP Preservation Network, institutional repositories, or other established preservation infrastructure. Mention of these services does not imply that DUF or all DUF-supported publications currently participate in them.

Backup vs. Preservation

Operational backups support recovery following technical failure but are not, by themselves, represented as a complete long-term digital-preservation strategy. DUF distinguishes routine platform resilience from independent scholarly preservation.

Transparency

Preservation claims are made at publication level whenever possible so that readers, authors, libraries, and evaluators can identify how a particular scholarly record is intended to remain accessible.