Digital Preservation in Digital Libraries: A Systematic Literature Review

This systematic literature review aims to explore digital preservation efforts in digital libraries. As the digital landscape evolves, digital libraries must adopt strategies to keep in line with new technologies and practices. Digital preservation has emerged as a crucial component of the library setting and a key tenet in guaranteeing the preservation of information sources. A total of 50 articles were selected out of 681 articles from Emerald Insight, Scopus, Web of Science, and Science Direct using predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria followed by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. The findings revealed that out of 50 articles, a total of 54% indicate collaboration and knowledge sharing as key benefits for effectiveness and sustainability, 38% mentioned legal considerations focusing on compliance and access, 57% revealed the best practice is collaboration, investing in technology and regularly monitoring and evaluation, and 44% revealed challenges and limitations while improving the resources accessibility and enhancing the implementation of digital preservation such as lack of skilled staff, limited funding, inadequate policies, insufficient research, unclear strategies and privacy concerns. This study highlights the need for a combined effort involving technology, policies, and partnerships to overcome these obstacles and ensure digital content remains available for future generations. It offers practical insights for libraries and researchers aiming to improve digital preservation in a fast-changing world.