Purpose

Digital preservation requires new skills and collaboration among library staff to maintain long-term access to information resources. Digital content and digital technologies pose a serious challenge to information institutions to continue to select, preserve and access information resources. However, there is an urgent need to increase awareness of the new trends in the partnership between research communities and academic libraries; there is also a need for new digital preservation-related skills among librarians. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the benefits, importance, requirements and challenges of digital preservation in academic libraries in Jordan.

Design/methodology/approach

A questionnaire was disseminated to 150 library staff working at the 10 public universities in Jordan, with 133 questionnaires suitable to analyze with a response rate of (88.6%).

Findings

The results indicate a moderate perception of the benefits and importance of digital preservation, as well as the requirements and challenges in academic libraries in Jordan to carry out the digital preservation process. This indicated the importance of increasing the academic libraries' – specifically academic libraries in Jordan – awareness of the vast and important benefits of digital preservation to maintain long-term access to information. It was noted that factors such as sex, experience, educational level and specialization did not affect the results.

Practical implications

The findings will provide insights for other academic libraries on how to plan and develop preservation policies to maintain access to information.

Social implications

Access to information is a human right that contributes to the advocacy of sustainable development, and hence, digital preservation can facilitate long-term availability and accessibility to information.

Originality/value

This paper provides insights and practical solutions for academic libraries in response to technological development and the change requirements. It will help academic libraries handle and cope with the challenges of providing distance library services over digital channels.

中文翻译：

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约旦学术图书馆信息资源的数字化保存：员工的视角

目的

数字保存需要图书馆工作人员之间的新技能和协作，以保持对信息资源的长期访问。数字内容和数字技术对信息机构继续选择、保存和访问信息资源提出了严峻挑战。然而，迫切需要提高对研究团体和学术图书馆之间合作新趋势的认识；图书馆员还需要新的数字保存相关技能。因此，本研究旨在调查约旦学术图书馆数字保存的好处、重要性、要求和挑战。

设计/方法/方法

向约旦 10 所公立大学的 150 名图书馆工作人员发放了一份问卷，其中 133 份问卷适合分析，回复率为 (88.6%)。

发现

结果表明，人们对数字保存的好处和重要性以及约旦学术图书馆开展数字保存过程的要求和挑战持中等看法。这表明了提高学术图书馆——特别是约旦的学术图书馆——对数字保存的巨大而重要的好处的认识，以保持对信息的长期访问的重要性。值得注意的是，性别、经验、教育水平和专业化等因素并不影响结果。

实际影响

研究结果将为其他学术图书馆提供有关如何规划和制定保存政策以保持对信息的访问的见解。

社会影响

获取信息是一项有助于倡导可持续发展的人权，因此，数字保存可以促进信息的长期可用性和可获取性。

原创性/价值

本文为学术图书馆响应技术发展和变革需求提供了见解和实用的解决方案。它将帮助学术图书馆处理和应对通过数字渠道提供远程图书馆服务的挑战。