American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) announced on Monday August 15th that the journal “Molecular Interventions,” which has been discontinued, will be accessible through the CLOCKSS Archive.
“Molecular Interventions” ceased publication at the end of April, 2011. Archival content from volume 1, issue 1 (2001) to volume 11, issue 2 (2011) was removed from the Highwire platform on August 15, 2011. The CLOCKSS Archives, ASPET’s preservation partner, will provide free access to the title and take responsibility for its ongoing long-term preservation.
Richard Dodenhoff, Journals Director for ASPET, commented: “Part of ASPET’s mission is to promote pharmacological knowledge. We regret that we are unable to continue publication of Molecular Interventions, which was a highly valued journal and in which ASPET invested so much, but we are glad to see it preserved and made freely available to all readers by CLOCKSS.”
“ASPET, along with the founding members of the CLOCKSS Archive, agreed early on to make triggered content in CLOCKSS available to the world for free,” explains Randy Kiefer, Executive Director of the CLOCKSS Archive. “That policy sets the CLOCKSS Archive apart, and is a result of the community-based governance by libraries and publishers. The CLOCKSS Archive’s digital preservation efforts enable libraries of all sizes to serve future scholars, researchers, and students.”