Earlier this fall, the University Library launched the KAUST Digital Archive. Read about the process and efforts as told by Richard Johnson (University Library Manager) and Mohamed Ba-Essa (Digital Archive Administrator) in an article featured in the November newsletter of the Digital Preservation Coalition, a not-for profit membership organization that advocates digital preservation.
Although planning for the institutional repository was initiated by library staff within weeks of the university’s opening, implementation began only after a variety of underlying technologies and processes at the university were stabilized. During this build-up period, the library and IT teams evaluated a number of issues (e.g., technology selection, hosting strategy, depositor authentication) and recruited and trained staff for the program.
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