Archiving Policy

DIGITAL ARCHIVING AND PRESERVATION POLICY

Policy Statement

The International Journal of Education and Learning Studies (IJELS) , published by PT. Intelektiva Global Nusantara, is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, authenticity, and integrity of its published scholarly content.

Digital preservation is an essential component of responsible scholarly publishing. It ensures that published articles, metadata, supplementary materials, and related records remain accessible to researchers, educators, institutions, indexing services, libraries, and future generations.

IJELS supports recognized digital preservation mechanisms and journal archiving infrastructure designed to protect published content against data loss, technological failure, website disruption, system migration, and discontinuation of journal operations.

Preservation Objectives

The journal's digital preservation strategy is intended to:

  • Preserve the official version of record of every published article.
  • Maintain permanent access to scholarly content and publication metadata.
  • Protect journal content from accidental deletion, corruption, or system failure.
  • Support content recovery when the primary journal website becomes unavailable.
  • Maintain the authenticity and integrity of archived scholarly records.
  • Support the long-term continuity of the journal's academic and bibliographic record.

Digital Preservation Systems

PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN)

The PKP Preservation Network is a digital preservation service developed by the Public Knowledge Project for journals managed through Open Journal Systems (OJS).

PKP PN supports long-term preservation by maintaining distributed copies of eligible journal content across participating preservation nodes. This approach helps ensure continued access to scholarly publications if the primary journal website becomes unavailable.

View PKP Preservation Network Information
LOCKSS — Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe

LOCKSS is a distributed digital preservation system based on the principle that maintaining multiple copies of scholarly content across independent locations increases long-term security and accessibility.

Through the journal's LOCKSS gateway, participating libraries and preservation systems may collect, preserve, and provide continued access to published content in accordance with the journal's archiving configuration.

View IJELS LOCKSS Gateway
CLOCKSS — Controlled LOCKSS

CLOCKSS is a community-governed preservation infrastructure designed to protect scholarly content through geographically distributed archive nodes. Its preservation model supports continued access to academic publications when content is no longer available from the original publisher.

The IJELS CLOCKSS gateway provides access to the journal's archiving manifest and supports compatibility with preservation services using the OJS platform.

View IJELS CLOCKSS Gateway

Preserved Content

Subject to the technical capabilities and configuration of the preservation systems, the journal may preserve:

  • Full-text articles and publication files.
  • Article titles, abstracts, keywords, and bibliographic metadata.
  • Author names, affiliations, and publication information.
  • Digital Object Identifier and citation information.
  • Journal issues, volumes, tables of contents, and publication dates.
  • Supplementary materials made available through the journal platform.
  • Corrections, retraction notices, and other post-publication records.

Distributed Preservation

Distributed preservation reduces dependence on a single server, institution, or geographic location. By maintaining multiple authenticated copies, preservation networks help protect scholarly content from technical failure, cyber incidents, accidental deletion, organizational disruption, and other threats to long-term accessibility.

Website Continuity and Content Recovery

If the IJELS website experiences temporary disruption, migration, technical failure, or permanent discontinuation, preserved content may remain recoverable through participating preservation networks, archive nodes, library systems, indexing services, or publisher-maintained backups, subject to the applicable technical and contractual arrangements.

Backup and Platform Migration

In addition to external preservation services, the journal and publisher may implement internal administrative measures, including:

  • Periodic backup of journal databases and publication files.
  • Secure storage of journal metadata and article files.
  • Verification of links, files, and publication records.
  • Migration planning when upgrading or replacing journal management systems.
  • Restoration procedures in the event of data loss or platform disruption.

Preservation of the Version of Record

The officially published article on the IJELS website constitutes the version of record. Any correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other post-publication update will be linked transparently to the original publication and preserved as part of the permanent scholarly record.

Access, Authenticity, and Integrity

Preserved copies are intended to maintain the authenticity and integrity of the journal's published content. Where supported by the preservation system, archived files may be checked against the original publication to identify unauthorized alteration, corruption, or loss.

Policy Development

IJELS may expand, revise, or strengthen its archiving arrangements as additional preservation technologies, repositories, institutional partnerships, and internationally recognized preservation services become available.

Commitment to Long-Term Preservation
IJELS is committed to maintaining a reliable and sustainable scholarly record. Through digital archiving, distributed preservation, platform backups, metadata management, and transparent post-publication updates, the journal seeks to ensure that its published content remains securely preserved and permanently accessible to the global academic community.