The CLOCKSS Archive is pleased to announce that it has partnered with the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) to preserve their ejournals in CLOCKSS’s geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. By archiving with CLOCKSS, ASPB has committed to the preservation of its ejournals. This action provides for content to be freely available to everyone after a “trigger event” and ensures an author’s work will be maximally accessible and useful over time.
“ASPB has long understood that its job as a publisher extends beyond the day-to-day business of producing journals and includes the vital responsibility of ensuring the long-term preservation of and access to our content,” says ASPB Executive Director Dr. Crispin Taylor. We are therefore delighted that CLOCKSS is becoming a key plank in our archiving strategy – even while we trust that users will never actually need to access our journal content via the CLOCKSS Archive!”
CLOCKSS Executive Director Randy S. Kiefer adds, “The CLOCKSS Archive welcomes the American Society of Plant Biologists’ ejournals with their coverage of plant biology, cellular biology, molecular biology, genetics, and environmental biology into the community’s archive. By archiving with CLOCKSS, ASPB has ensured the survival of this research for future generations. We are grateful, as ASPB joins the CLOCKSS Archive, for its generous willingness to preserve its ejournals in a way that secures them for the long-term good of scholars worldwide.”
About ASPB: The American Society of Plant Biologists was founded in 1924 to promote the growth and development of plant biology, to encourage and publish research in plant biology, and to promote the interests and growth of plant scientists in general. Over the decades the Society has evolved and expanded to provide a forum for molecular and cellular biology as well as to serve the basic interests of plant science. It publishes the highly cited and respected journals Plant Physiology and The Plant Cell. Membership spans six continents, and members work in such diverse areas as academia, government laboratories, and industrial and commercial environments. The Society also has a large student membership. ASPB plays a key role in uniting the international plant science disciplines. http://my.aspb.org