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Inactive Journals. TDL periodically reviews its hosted journals for recent activity . After one year of inactivity (defined as a full calendar year without publication), TDL may contact the journal team to determine if the journal has ceased publication. If it has ceased publication, TDL staff will work with the Journal Team and Library contacts and reserves the right to cease hosting services for inactive journals, according to the guidelines detailed below. TDL will work with journal teams and library liaisons to determine an appropriate archive for the journal content. If the journal intends to continue publishing, TDL will continue hosting for an additional year.A journal site that is inactive for two years may be deprecated and archived, after TDL Staff have sent any legacy issues and articles in the event that a site is deprecated.
Newly deployed journals that have not published a first issue within 3 years of their deployment date are eligible for deprecation.
Other journal sites that have not published an issue within 2 years of their last issue are eligible for deprecation, unless a publishing frequency of less frequent than every two years is clearly stated on the journal website.
For journal sites eligible for deprecation, TDL Staff will send a notification of deprecation to the Journal Team and Library Liaison. Journal Teams and/or Library Liaisons may request continued hosting of an inactive journal beyond the two-year mark, assuming the Library is willing to continue sponsoring the journala reasonable rationale for continued hosting and the Library’s willingness to continue as a sponsor.
Tombstones and redirects. At the time of deprecation, Journal Teams and/or the Library Liaison may request a “tombstone,” which is a static html page that is shown whenever one of the former journal’s pages are accessed.
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