CLOCKSS and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) are pleased to announce their partnership to preserve the ASCE journals in the CLOCKSS archive. CLOCKSS is a long-term dark archive that preserves digital scholarly content for the very long term. CLOCKSS will preserve ASCE’s 32 journals in its geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 11 major research libraries around the world. ASCE will place over 33,000 articles in the archive, including backfile materials dating back to 1983.
In the event that any ASCE journal becomes unavailable from a publisher, CLOCKSS will make this abandoned and orphaned content available for free, under a creative commons license, to all scholars around the world. By archiving with CLOCKSS, ASCE ensures that its journals remain as useful as possible and will always be available to all scholars around the world.
“ASCE’s agreement with CLOCKSS supports our commitment to the long-term preservation and future accessibility of ASCE electronic journal content through digital archiving,” said Bruce Gossett, Managing Director of ASCE Publications. “As libraries continue to rely more heavily on electronic resources, this agreement allows for a transition to electronic content without sacrificing the library’s traditional preservation mandate.”
CLOCKSS Co-Chair and Executive Director Gordon Tibbitts adds, “CLOCKSS has achieved a rare consensus among libraries and publishers to make orphaned content open access. We are grateful to ASCE for its generous willingness to preserve its journals in a way that secures them for the long-term good of scholars worldwide.”
About ASCE – Founded in 1852, the American Society of Civil Engineers is America’s oldest national engineering society and represents more than 140,000 civil engineers worldwide. A not-for-profit organization, ASCE’s mission is to advance professional knowledge and improve the practice of civil engineering through publications, conferences, leadership opportunities, and networking opportunities. http://www.asce.org