Archiving Policy

Automech: Jurnal Teknik Mesin is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, and usability of all published scholarly content.

1. Digital Preservation
   The journal utilizes recognized digital archiving systems to preserve its published content and to ensure continued access in the event that the journal is no longer published. Archival copies of all articles are securely stored in trusted digital repositories.
2. OJS Preservation Systems
   The journal supports archiving through the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) and/or other OJS-compatible preservation services such as LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) and CLOCKSS (Controlled LOCKSS), which provide distributed and secure preservation of journal content.
3. Institutional and National Repositories
   Authors are permitted and encouraged to deposit the published version of their articles in institutional, subject-based, or national repositories, provided that full bibliographic details and a link to the journal’s official version are included.
4. Metadata Preservation
   In addition to full-text articles, the journal ensures that all metadata (including authorship, abstracts, keywords, and citation information) are preserved and made available to indexing and archiving services to maintain discoverability and citation continuity.
5. Post-Cessation Access
   In the event that the journal ceases publication, all archived content will remain accessible through the journal’s preservation partners and repositories, ensuring uninterrupted scholarly access.
6. File Formats
   The journal publishes articles in widely accepted, non-proprietary formats (such as PDF and, where applicable, XML) to support long-term accessibility and readability.