Analysis and Implications on the Operation Mode of Foreign Digital Preservation Alliances
[Purpose/Significance]It is of great significance to explore a scientific and sustainable digital pres-ervation alliances mode,which can continuously promote digital preservation.[Method/Process]Through litera-ture and web-based survey,the paper investigated 43 foreign digital preservation alliances from three dimensions,i.e.,organization and services,technology and facilities,and funding.With crisp-set qualitative comparative anal-ysis(csQCA)method,it analyzed the alliance configuration from member management,resource storage,resource acquisition,service mode,technology development,facility construction,and fund acquisition,and summarized its operation modes accordingly.[Result/Conclusion]It concludes four types of operation modes,namely,resource access,knowledge sharing,technology-driven and project-driven modes,and compares their characteristics and ap-plicable situations.In view of Chinese digital preservation alliance,it proposes the optimization of the practices and the mode selection from the organization and services,technology and facilities,and funds,so as to provide refer-ence for the formation of a scientific and feasible operation mode in China.
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