Digital preservation is often described as a technical challenge: keeping files secure, maintaining formats, checking data integrity, and making sure information remains accessible as technologies change. But a conversation with Professor David Zeitlyn of the University of Oxford suggests that the hardest questions surrounding preservation may have little to do with technology and more with

About CLOCKSS CLOCKSS is an international long-term digital preservation service dedicated to preserving academic content. Established as a not-for-profit in 2008, CLOCKSS is community owned and governed jointly by academic libraries and publishers. We are part of the community of preservation services built around LOCKSS open-source software developed by Stanford University. CLOCKSS preserves content curated

Projects announced as an idea three months ago are now becoming tangible with real participating institutions, real digital collections, and broader strategic conversations around preservation and access. We are delighted with progress so far and want to share more detail!  We are now working with organizations across three continents to preserve an array of digital collections hosted on a variety of platforms:  The Committee of Higher Education Libraries of South Africa – Libraries at universities in South Africa hold

We are proud to welcome CHELSA (the Committee of Higher Education Libraries of South Africa) to the CLOCKSS community. Representing 26 South African academic and research libraries, CHELSA joins the CLOCKSS community, and a new CLOCKSS node will be hosted in South Africa. This is a momentous achievement for both organizations as we work together

We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Nwachukwu Egbunike, Head of Pan-Atlantic University Press (PAU Press) and Senior Lecturer in the School of Media and Communication at Pan-Atlantic University in Nigeria, about the changing landscape of scholarly publishing and the growing importance of ensuring that the knowledge being produced today remains accessible in

We had the pleasure of spending time with Claudia Russo, STM’s Director for Public Affairs in the EU and Deputy Director of Global Public Affairs and interviewing her about her perspectives on the growth of scholarly publishing and the place of preservation within these processes and the industry as a whole. The first topic we

Have you ever clicked on a journal article, ebook, dataset or thesis and wondered whether it will still be available in 10, 20 or even 100 years? Probably not. For most of us, access to scholarly content is something we simply expect. A DOI resolves. A link works. A citation leads us exactly where we

When people hear the phrase digital preservation, they often think about servers, storage systems, and complex technology. While those things are certainly part of the picture, a recent webinar featuring Dr. Chelsea Denault of the Michigan Digital Preservation Network (MDPN) offered a refreshing reminder that successful preservation efforts are ultimately about people. In conversation with

Geo-political, technological, economic, and environmental change are heightening the risks of disruption to access and information.  Research has already been lost. Institutions have increased their reliance on commercial cloud storage, and also risk vendor lock-in. There remains a critical need for secure, community-governed digital preservation with human oversight and stewardship to help ensure long-term access to knowledge for future generations. CLOCKSS and LOCKSS

In the rapidly evolving world of scholarly communication, open access publishing has transformed how research is shared, discovered, and used across the globe. Yet while accessibility often takes centre stage, one equally critical issue can sometimes be overlooked: preservation. Ensuring that open access research remains permanently accessible for future generations is essential to maintaining the