Cooperative preservation management and the digitisation of journal collections in French higher education libraries

The study aims to highlight the outputs and issues of cooperative preservation and digitisation of journal collections in French higher education libraries.

Overview of the French shared preservation initiative for academic journals and of the Persée programme.

After 18 years of operation of the French shared journal preservation initiative, the Persée digitisation programme represents a new lever for a common policy.

Contributes to the discussion on the complementarity between preservation and digitisation.