The CLOCKSS community of libraries has grown rapidly in the first half of 2010, with 21 new libraries supporting the archive already this year. The libraries to join in the past six months include Oxford University, University of Utah, Vassar College, University of British Columbia, and the European University Institute, as well as members of the COPPUL consortium in Canada and the VIVA consortium in Virginia.
Since it was incorporated in October 2009, CLOCKSS has expanded its community to 60 libraries worldwide, with eleven archive nodes at major libraries in North America, Europe, and Asia.
CLOCKSS is a dark archive governed by the community of participating libraries and publishers. All supporting libraries have a seat on the CLOCKSS Advisory Council and help steer the archive’s strategy and policies. In the words of Vic Elliott, University Librarian at the Australian National University and one of the CLOCKSS Founding Librarians: “Together we decide our own future – it is not decided for us.”
The new CLOCKSS supporting libraries are:
-In the U.S. – Bates College College of William and Mary Emory & Henry College Marymount University Roanoke College University of Pittsburgh University of Tennessee, Chattanooga University of Utah Vassar College Virginia Wesleyan University of Mary Washington Wake Forest University
-In Canada – Athabasca University Concordia University College of Alberta University of British Columbia University of Manitoba University of Northern British Columbia University of Saskatchewan Vancouver Island University
-In Europe – European University Institute Oxford University