Digital Preservation Policy

Preservation, as it applies to library and archives material, can be defined as: "all managerial and financial considerations including storage and accommodation, provision, staffing levels, policies, techniques and methods involved in preserving library and archive materials and the information contained therein.".

Within the context of an institutional repository, these combined activities allow the University to better ensure access to digital scholarly content for as long as possible by whoever needs it. Committed to building collections of digital resources and maintaining them for use by students, academics, scholars, and the public long into the future, Busitema University assumes a long term stewardship obligation for the content within the institutional repository, the Busitema Digital Environment for Access to Research and Scholarship (BDEARS).

The BDEARS Digital Preservation Policy outlines this programme's plan to support sustainable access to deposited content for the foreseeable future. This policy is subject to change as new and emerging technologies impact our ability to preserve deposited content. However, the development of a reliable digital archive that adheres to and remains compliant with changing standards and best practices remains the best opportunity for BDEARS' success as a repository for the research and scholarship of Busitema University.