The CLOCKSS Archive is pleased to announce that it has partnered with New Prairie Press 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, New Prairie Press has committed to the preservation of their 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.
“We believe the model represented by New Prairie Press is the future of scholarly publishing, and as such, definitely worthy of safeguarding by the best possible means. Partnering with CLOCKSS is a step we’re pleased to take as responsible stewards of the work so many have invested in the Press’ journals,” notes Lori A. Goetsch, Dean of Libraries at Kansas State University, home of New Prairie Press.
CLOCKSS Executive Director Randy S. Kiefer adds, “The CLOCKSS Archive welcomes New Prairie Press’s ejournals offering their content on a wide variety of topics to all readers, while adhering to the principles of open access, into the community’s archive. By archiving with CLOCKSS, New Prairie Press has ensured that the scholarship in their publications will be available to everyone now and for years to come. We are grateful, as New Prairie Press 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 New Prairie Press: The Press was founded by Kansas State University Libraries in 2007, joining a growing number of libraries who are entering the world of open access publishing. New Prairie adheres to the principles of open access publishing as articulated in the Berlin, Budapest, and Bethesda declarations. In 2011, Provost April Mason added her name to the Berlin declaration on behalf of Kansas State University, adding the institution to an international list of some 300 universities, libraries, scientific institutes, and academic associations who pledge support to an open access paradigm. http://newprairiepress.org