In its ongoing mission to preserve and share the scholarly record, the CLOCKSS Archive has recently triggered two academic journals that are now freely accessible to everyone. When content in the archive is no longer available from any publisher, CLOCKSS makes it publicly and permanently available under open access terms. (https://clockss.org/triggered-content/)
Journal of African Cultural Heritage Studies - The Journal of African Cultural Heritage Studies has been preserved and triggered for open access through CLOCKSS. This journal explores rich and diverse topics within African archaeology, anthropology, heritage theory, sustainable development, museum studies, and related fields. It was published by White Rose University Press and indexed through major scholarly services, and its archives now include all volumes from its run. Authors retained copyright with Creative Commons licensing, supporting broad reuse of the scholarship. (https://clockss.org/triggered-content/journal-of-african-cultural-heritage-studies/).
This is an important resource for researchers, students, and heritage practitioners interested in African perspectives on cultural heritage, critical historical inquiry, and localized heritage philosophies that have often been under‑represented in global scholarship.
Journal of Critical Southern Studies - Also now openly accessible is the Journal of Critical Southern Studies. Archived in the CLOCKSS collection, this journal focused on scholarship from and about the Global South, addressing questions of knowledge production, power structures, and alternative ways of understanding historical and social realities. (https://clockss.org/triggered-content/journal-of-critical-southern-studies/).
The journal’s volumes are now available under a Creative Commons license, helping ensure that voices from critical Southern studies remain discoverable and usable by scholars worldwide, even after formal publication has ceased.
Both journals represent scholarly contributions that might otherwise have become difficult to access due to changes in publishing status.
CLOCKSS’s trigger mechanism preserves and liberates such content when it becomes unavailable through traditional channels, ensuring that research remains part of the global knowledge ecosystem.