The CLOCKSS archive is governed by and for its beneficiaries, not a third-party organization. Publishers and librarians have equal say in deciding policies, priorities, and when to trigger content so that it becomes openly available in perpetuity.

A spirit of partnership and library-led preservation is central to our approach to preservation. CLOCKSS protects tens of thousands of journals and hundreds of thousands of books. We provide funding that enable the broader LOCKSS community of preservation services to work their magic too. Together we uniquely protect nearly ten thousand journals.

To be successful we must work together.

That is why we are committed to equality and diversity and seek to collaborate with partners located all around the world. Our ‘common good’ approach is doing what is in the best interest of the global scholarly community and the knowledge we work to preserve. We actively seek to include content, languages, libraries, perspectives, publishers, and subjects to ensure a global and inclusive scholarly record.

We are dedicated to working in partnership with libraries, publishers, and other key stakeholders to seek future-proofing solutions, and to reduce stress or concerns for members of the scholarly community.