Digital Preservation Policy

Preservation

Sarance Journal guarantees the digital preservation of all published articles, under the principles of: integrity, authenticity, inalterability, originality and accessibility. As part of its preservation policies, the following procedures are included: storage, encapsulation, self-documentation and self-sufficiency. Likewise, Sarance participates in reliable archiving systems: PKP Network, LOCKSS and CLOCKSS.

The preservation of the OJS platform is carried out periodically along with the institutional information backup process of the Otavalo Institute of Anthropology. This activity is the responsibility of the ICT Unit of the University of Otavalo.

In addition, the journal is maintained in a digital repository on the publisher's website (https://revistasarance.ioaotavalo.com.ec/index.php/revistasarance/issue/archive); that is, there is an updated and complete backup of the published journals. This work is carried out annually, as new issues are published.

Security and Integrity

There is a complete strategy to guarantee the security and integrity of the information stored by Sarance Journal, taking into account three aspects:

Hardware

• Use of high-performance professional servers, equipped with redundant systems both in power and storage devices.
• Electrical backup that gives systems autonomy in case of failures in the electrical power supply.

Software

• Design of a security system that includes the existence of a perimeter firewall, intrusion detectors and backup systems that ensure the conservation of information in the event of natural disasters or computer catastrophes.
• Constant updating of operating systems and applications.
• Defined policies for updating the platform used by the journal (OJS)
• Use of secure protocols (https).

Others

• Guarantee of adequate electrical supply to the data center that hosts the journal as well as physical security of the premises.
• Strict measures regarding the climatic conditions of the data center premises.

Updates

The OJS platform administrator keeps content and announcements updated, journal presentation and periodic calls for article submissions.