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Academic Preservation Trust

Preserving the Scholarly and Cultural Record

About Us
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Welcome to APTrust

At APTrust, we believe in collaborative, inclusive, and sustainable open infrastructure, prioritizing portability and interoperability for our members. By leveraging the same diverse cloud technology as Fortune 500 companies and fostering accountability through transparent practices, we empower institutions to steward their digital assets confidently. Through innovative software development and a commitment to advocacy for open and equitable infrastructure, we ensure our members have an affordable and efficient digital preservation storage service that meets their evolving needs.

Why APTrust
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Become a Member

Want to learn more about joining us as we work to ensure our mission of preserving the scholarly and cultural record? APTrust offers high levels of confidence in the preservation of digital content. From the start, an institution that places digital content in APTrust will be able to use our capabilities to recover that content in the event it is lost from the local institutional environment.

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Engage in the Conversation

As our member institutions combine their expertise and resources to accomplish a common mission, together they will develop scalable solutions, new functionalities, and enriched services that will be offered broadly through APTrust.

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