Electronic Archiving

el-Noorda: Interdisciplinary Journal of Qur’an and Hadith is committed to maintaining the accessibility and integrity of its published scholarly content. This policy establishes the journal’s preservation objectives and the responsibilities required to support them.

1. Preservation Scope

Preservation arrangements should cover:

• Published article files and publicly released supplementary materials.
• Article and issue metadata, including authorship and publication details.
• Copyright and license information.
• Corrections, retraction notices, and other updates to the scholarly record.

Confidential editorial files and personal information require separate access controls and retention arrangements.

2. Access to Published Issues

The journal provides an issue archive through its website. This supports reader access to previous publications but should not be treated as evidence of independent long-term preservation.

3. Operational Backups

The journal’s technical administrator is responsible for establishing documented backup and restoration procedures for publication files, relevant databases, and essential system configurations.

These procedures should include recurring backups, storage separate from the primary hosting environment, appropriate access restrictions, and periodic restoration checks. Operational backups support recovery but do not replace independent preservation.

4. Independent Preservation

The journal will identify and implement suitable independent preservation arrangements. Participation in a named preservation service will be reported only after activation and successful deposit have been verified.

Any published service information should identify the provider, the journal’s coverage, and a verifiable record of participation. The availability of an OJS plugin or a manifest page alone does not establish that published content has been preserved.

5. Integrity and Version Management

Preservation procedures should retain the relationship between articles and subsequent notices. Material changes to published work must be documented rather than silently replacing the scholarly record.

Where format migration becomes necessary, the journal should seek to preserve content, readability, metadata, and the identification of the published version.

6. Service Interruption or Journal Closure

If hosting changes, publication ceases, or a prolonged service interruption occurs, the journal and publisher will seek to transfer or restore published content through an appropriate host, repository, or preservation arrangement. Any confirmed access arrangements will be communicated through available official channels.

7. Policy Review

The editorial and technical teams should review preservation arrangements periodically and update this page when verified services or coverage change.