The Evaluation of the Performance Quality for Publishers of Long-term Preservation of Digital Science and Technology Resources

Significance] Since 2013, the National Digital Preservation Center (hereinafter referred to as the NDPC) led by the National Science and Technology Library has constructed 71 agreements for the longterm preservation of digital science and technology resources.However, there are problems, such as delayed submission and incomplete data from publishers, that negatively impact the long-term preservation of digital science and technology resources.Therefore, it is necessary to perform a performance quality evaluation to serve as an effective means of deterrent.[Method/Process] The key indicators in the long-term preservation agreement were extracted based on the implementation work.The evaluation indicators were enhanced through Delphi Method to establish a performance quality evaluation system for publishers.Subsequently, the NDPC institution conducted scoring and division of levels to identify common issues and propose incentive and deterrent mechanisms.[Results/Conclusion] The long-term preservation of digital science and technology resources lack robust business-oriented deterrents.It is recommended to establish incentive and deterrent mechanisms from combining long-term preservation to contract renewal, publicity of ranking, and data crawling authorization to urge publishers to enhance performance quality.