DIGAR as the way and possibility to re-use the publications of public sector

1. DIGAR as the way and possibility to re-use the publications of public sector National Library of Estonia Kairi Felt Chief Specialist of E-Collections digar@nlib.ee

2. Why DIGAR? • public sector institutions are acting as publishers • digital information has a short lifetime • conditions for publishers to preserve their preprint files and online publications

3. What is DIGAR ? • digital archive of the National Library of Estonia • started in 2004 with the project reUSE • preserving and re-using the digital copies of Estonian publications

5. Benefits for publishers • digital origins of the publications will be preserved • reuse of the pre-print files of publications for preparing the reprints

6. Benefits for the library • make the collections digitally usable • library is relieved from handling the printed publication

7. Benefits for users • maintenance of the information source is guaranteed • seamless access to the digital objects via established library channels

8. Digital archive address Internet address

9. Digital archive address Internet address

10. Legal Deposit Copy Act June 1, 2006 – Legal Deposit Copy Act on web resources • The initiative to collect anddepositwebpublications is aresponsibility of the depository library –the National Library of Estonia; • A publisher or a producer cannot restrictdownloading of a web publication forarchiving

11. Availability and access rights on webresources • deposited web publications will be freely accessible via Internet unless the publisher has specifically requested access restrictions; • if permission for a public access via Internet is denied, the deposited web publications will still be accessible via authorised workstations in the library

12. Selection criteria for DIGAR Selective approach in archiving National aspects • territory • authorship • language • topic/content

13. Selection criteria for DIGAR Format – PDF – html – doc Original form – published originally on the web – preprint files – preservation copies of electronic versions of publications on tangible media – digitized materials

14. Selection criteria for DIGAR Resource type – serials (journals, newspapers, newsletters, public institutions annual reports) – monographs – conference proceedings – government publications – academic works – dissertations, thesis – research and other reports – cartographic publications – sheet music – exhibitions – websites providing substantial information – thematic (on parliamentary election), personal and organisations' websites

15. Selection criteria for DIGAR Resource types – not collected – computer games – audio – video – portals – online news – intranet resources – personal weblogs – teaching materials – advertisements – broadcasting – databases – national registries

16. Selection criteria for DIGAR Source integrity – publications have to be integral Acquisition • freely available/accessible resources • commercial resources • preprint files

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21. Resources preserved in DIGAR: • 2934 monographs • 1306 serials • 38 cartographic publications • 879 other publications

22. Contacting personally DIGAR team – Phone: + 372 630 7265 – Fax: + 372 631 1200 – E-mail: digar@nlib.ee – Contact persons: Ülle Laos Ilmar Kopso

23. Notify about a web publication

30. Thank you!