The International Journal of Pesantren Studies (INJOPS) recognises the preservation of published scholarship as an essential responsibility of academic publishing. The journal's archiving policy establishes principles for maintaining the integrity, accessibility, and long-term availability of its published articles and associated bibliographic records.

INJOPS uses Open Journal Systems (OJS) as its journal management and publishing platform. Its archiving approach distinguishes routine operational backups from long-term digital preservation and supports the development of appropriate preservation arrangements as the journal's publishing infrastructure and institutional resources develop.

1. Digital Archiving and Preservation

INJOPS aims to preserve the published scholarly record in forms that support its continued identification, retrieval, and use. Archival materials include published articles, publication files, article metadata, bibliographic information, and related notices concerning corrections or retractions.

Digital preservation involves more than retaining files on a web server. Effective preservation requires attention to file integrity, the identification of published versions, the availability of descriptive metadata, and procedures for recovering or transferring scholarly content when technical or institutional circumstances change.

2. Operational Backup and Data Recovery

The journal's operational preservation requirements encompass the OJS database, published article files, journal settings, and other essential information required to maintain or restore the publishing platform. Backup arrangements should protect these components against accidental deletion, technical failure, data corruption, and other disruptions affecting the journal's operation.

The journal's technical administration is responsible for establishing appropriate backup and recovery procedures, including the protection of backup copies, verification of their completeness, and assessment of whether essential publishing records can be restored when required.

Operational backups support the continuity and recovery of the journal's website and editorial system. They are distinct from independent digital preservation services designed to maintain scholarly publications over extended periods, including circumstances in which the original publishing platform is no longer available.

3. Long-Term Preservation Networks

INJOPS recognises the importance of preserving scholarly publications independently of the journal's primary hosting infrastructure. The journal may establish arrangements with recognised digital preservation services, subject to their eligibility requirements, technical compatibility, institutional agreements, and verification of successful archival deposits.

3.1. PKP Preservation Network

The PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) provides a distributed preservation mechanism for eligible journals published through Open Journal Systems. It is designed to support the long-term preservation of journal content independently of the journal's primary website.

Participation in PKP PN requires the applicable technical and administrative conditions to be satisfied. Installation or activation of a preservation plugin does not, by itself, establish that published content has been successfully preserved. Any future statement of active preservation through PKP PN must be supported by confirmed deposit and preservation records.

3.2. LOCKSS and CLOCKSS

LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) supports distributed digital preservation through participating institutions. CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) provides a separate preservation arrangement intended to safeguard scholarly content and support continued access under defined circumstances.

OJS provides mechanisms that may support participation in these preservation networks. However, the availability or activation of publisher manifests does not constitute evidence of institutional participation or completed preservation. INJOPS will identify a service as an active preservation partner only when the relevant arrangements and archival status have been confirmed.

4. Article Versions and Bibliographic Integrity

Published articles constitute part of the journal's scholarly record. INJOPS seeks to maintain accurate bibliographic information and to distinguish the published version of record from earlier manuscript versions and subsequent editorial notices.

Material changes affecting a published article's scholarly content or status must be handled transparently. Corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions should be clearly identified and linked to the affected publication rather than introduced through undocumented replacement of the original scholarly record.

The journal's Plagiarism & Retraction Policy governs the editorial handling of significant errors and publication integrity concerns.

5. Author Self-Archiving

INJOPS permits authors to deposit and share their submitted manuscripts, accepted manuscripts, and published articles through institutional or disciplinary repositories, personal websites, and other appropriate scholarly platforms without an embargo imposed by the journal.

When sharing the published version, authors should acknowledge INJOPS as the journal of first publication and include the relevant bibliographic details, DOI or official article URL where available, and applicable licensing information. Earlier manuscript versions should be identified accurately to avoid confusion with the final published article.

Published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Further information concerning author rights, reuse, and attribution is provided in the journal's License and Copyright and Open Access Policy.

6. Continuity of Access

INJOPS recognises that the accessibility of published scholarship should not depend solely on the continued operation of a particular server, domain, or publishing platform. The journal's long-term preservation planning therefore includes consideration of independent archival arrangements, reliable publication metadata, and the transferability of published content.

If the journal's hosting arrangements change or its publishing activities cease, the responsible publisher should seek to safeguard existing publications and their bibliographic records through appropriate institutional or external preservation arrangements, subject to the resources, agreements, and technical capabilities available at that time.

7. Policy Review and Preservation Transparency

The journal will review its archiving arrangements as its technical infrastructure and preservation capabilities develop. Information concerning verified external preservation services, where applicable, may be added to this policy to make the journal's archival arrangements transparent to authors, readers, and indexing services.

Questions concerning article availability, archival records, or the journal's preservation policy may be directed to the INJOPS editorial office through the official journal website.