Preservation
Preservation of research outputs in Uganda Christian University Digital Institutional Repository
The repository supports UCU's commitment to preserve research outputs for the long term and provide access as widely as possible for learning, scholarship, institutional memory, and public benefit.
Depositing research outputs
Deposit routes, workflows, and checks depend on the type of material. Publications, theses, dissertations, datasets, reports, software, images, and institutional materials may require different metadata, rights checks, embargo decisions, and file-format review.
The deposit guidance page outlines how depositors can prepare content for submission.
Archival and management procedures
Repository activities include preservation, curation, description, and dissemination of UCU research outputs. The goal is to keep content discoverable, understandable, usable, and reusable over time.
- secure storage of digital content;
- reliability and usability of research outputs;
- quality and integrity of metadata and files;
- access and dissemination of repository content;
- long-term preservation and stewardship.
Digital preservation activities
Repository content should be managed with preservation metadata, provenance information, structural relationships, integrity information, and access controls where available. Preservation review may include file format identification, fixity checks, integrity verification, and assessment of risks caused by technological change.
- file format identification and monitoring;
- fixity and integrity verification;
- assessment of preservation risks;
- monitoring of file format sustainability;
- preservation metadata management;
- preservation planning and review.
Access and dissemination
The majority of repository metadata should remain discoverable wherever possible. Some files may be restricted because of copyright, confidentiality, legal, ethical, commercial, cultural, or funder requirements.
Where access restrictions apply, repository staff may maintain a public metadata record while restricting file access according to the applicable policy or deposit condition.