Archiving Policy

Qaulan: Jurnal Komunikasi dan Penyiaran Islam is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, and integrity of all published scholarly content. The journal recognizes digital preservation as an essential part of maintaining the permanent scholarly record and ensuring that published articles remain accessible to researchers and readers over time.

1. DIGITAL ARCHIVING

All articles published by Qaulan are maintained in the journal's online publishing system and are intended to remain permanently accessible.

The journal preserves, where applicable:

  • Published article files
  • Article metadata
  • Author information
  • Abstracts and keywords
  • References
  • DOI and bibliographic information
  • Publication dates
  • Issue and volume information

2. OJS ARCHIVING

The journal uses its Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform as the primary publishing and access platform.

Published articles are retained within the journal's online archive according to the journal's digital preservation procedures.

The journal aims to ensure that published content remains accessible even when the journal website, platform, or publishing infrastructure is updated.

3. AUTHOR SELF-ARCHIVING

Authors are permitted to archive and share their published articles in appropriate repositories and academic platforms, subject to the journal's Copyright and Licensing Policy.

Authors may deposit their published articles in:

  • Institutional repositories
  • University repositories
  • Subject repositories
  • Personal academic websites
  • Research information systems
  • Other appropriate scholarly repositories

Authors should retain the correct bibliographic information and provide a link or reference to the original publication in Qaulan.

4. LONG-TERM PRESERVATION

The journal is committed to implementing appropriate measures to support the long-term preservation of its scholarly content.

These measures may include:

  • Regular digital backups.
  • Preservation of article files and metadata.
  • Maintenance of the OJS journal archive.
  • DOI and persistent identifier maintenance.
  • Repository-based preservation where available.
  • Migration of digital files when technically necessary.

5. PRESERVATION OF THE SCHOLARLY RECORD

Published articles are considered part of the permanent scholarly record.

The journal will not normally remove published articles solely because they are old, no longer actively accessed, or because the journal changes its website or publishing system.

If an article must be corrected or retracted, the original publication record will normally remain accessible with an appropriate Correction, Expression of Concern, or Retraction notice.

6. JOURNAL PLATFORM MIGRATION

If Qaulan changes its OJS installation, domain, hosting provider, or publishing platform, the Editorial Team will make reasonable efforts to preserve:

  • Article files
  • Metadata
  • DOI information
  • Volume and issue records
  • Publication history
  • Citation information

Where possible, links and persistent identifiers will be maintained or redirected to the new platform.

7. ACCESS TO ARCHIVED CONTENT

Archived articles remain freely accessible in accordance with the journal's Open Access Policy.

Readers may access published articles without subscription or registration fees, subject to the applicable copyright and Creative Commons license.

8. THIRD-PARTY DIGITAL PRESERVATION

Where appropriate and available, Qaulan may participate in recognized digital preservation or repository services to provide additional protection against accidental loss of published content.

Such services may include institutional repositories, national repositories, subject repositories, or other recognized scholarly preservation systems.

9. RESPONSIBILITY

The Editorial Team and Publisher, STAIN Mandailing Natal, are responsible for maintaining the journal's digital archive and taking reasonable measures to preserve the integrity and accessibility of published content.

Authors are responsible for maintaining copies of their submitted and published manuscripts for their own records.