Digital Preservation Policy

The Journal “Ciencia y Enfermería” provides an institutional DOI (Digital Object Identifier), which is a persistent identifier, managed by CrossRef, that guarantees identification and avoids localization problems due to URL changes or similar issues.

• PKP Preservation Network (PN)

The PKP Preservation Network provides free preservation services to any OJS journal that meets the basic criteria. In terms of digital preservation, the articles from “Ciencia y Enfermería” are archived in LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) and CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe), thus guaranteeing the journal a permanent and secure archive (https://revistas.udec.cl/index.php/cienciayenfermeria/gateway/clockss).

• LOCKSS

The Open Journal Systems that host “Ciencia y Enfermería” is compatible with the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) system, which guarantees the journal a permanent and secure archiving system. LOCKSS is an open-source program developed by the Stanford University Library that allows libraries to preserve selected Web journals by periodically searching registered journals to collect and archive newly published content. Each file is continuously validated against records from other libraries, so that any damaged or lost content can be restored using those records or the same journal.

Archived numbers can be found in the LOCKSS Editorial Manifesto (https://revistas.udec.cl/index.php/cienciayenfermeria/gateway/lockss). In this way, articles are continuously archived, ensuring that the digital information stored can be preserved and used in the future.

University Digital Preservation:

All the “Ciencia y Enfermería” archives in the Platform of Academic Journals are hosted and preserved on the servers of the Department of Information Technology (DTI) at the Universidad de Concepción.