Digital Archiving Policy

Annals of Business Analytics (ABA) is committed to the long-term preservation of its digital archives. This policy outlines the steps that ABA will take to ensure the preservation of its digital content. ABA allows and encourages authors to deposit both their pre- and post-prints in Open-Access institutional archives or repositories. All authors hold full copyright and self-archiving rights. Authors are allowed to archive their articles in open-access repositories as “post-prints”. In order to digitally preserve all published scholarly content, the ABA commits to regularly submit the metadata of all its journals to the PKP Preservation Network (PN). This is to ensure that the published content by ABA Publishing remains available to the community despite any accidental loss of data in its personal archival records. ABA Publishing has further ensured that the metadata of its open-access journal is compliant with well-known repository services, and their digital crawlers may regularly collect it for record and preservation.

Scope of the Policy

This policy applies to all digital content published by ABA, including:

  • Research articles.
  • Review articles.
  • Short communications.
  • Letters to the editor.
  • Supplementary materials.
  • Editorial correspondence.

Preservation Strategy

ABA will preserve its digital content using a variety of methods, including:

  • Migrating content to newer storage media as needed.
  • Maintaining backup copies of content.
  • Using checksums to verify the integrity of content.
  • Storing content in a secure location.

Access to Preserved Content

ABA will make preserved content freely available to the public. Access to preserved content will be provided through ABA’s website.

Responsibilities

The following individuals and organizations are responsible for the implementation of this policy:

  • The ABA editorial team is responsible for ensuring that all digital content is properly archived.
  • The ABA IT team is responsible for maintaining the technical infrastructure that supports the preservation of digital content.
  • The ABA library is responsible for providing access to preserved content.

Review and Revision

This policy will be reviewed and revised on a regular basis to ensure that it remains current with best practices in digital preservation.

Copyright and Publishing Rights

  • The copyright for all articles published in ABA is held by the respective authors.
  • The authors grant the publisher, Lahore Business School, the University of Lahore, a non-exclusive license to publish the articles in ABA.
  • The authors also grant the publisher the right to make the articles available in electronic format, such as on ABA's website or in a digital library.
  • The authors retain the right to use their articles for their own purposes, such as reprinting them in other publications or using them in teaching materials.
  • The publisher will not make any changes to the articles without the author’s permission.
  • The publisher will not sell or distribute the articles to third parties without the author’s permission.
  • The authors agree to indemnify the publisher against any claims arising from the publication of their articles.

If you have any questions about the copyright and publishing rights for ABA, please contact ABA's editor-in-chief.