CLOCKSS News

CLOCKSS is seeking an Executive Director to lead the organization in its next phase of development, from May 2021, following the retirement of the current Executive Director, Craig Van Dyck. CLOCKSS (Controlled LOCKSS) is a not-for-profit joint venture between the world’s leading scholarly publishers and academic libraries, whose mission is to build and operate a… Read more »

CLOCKSS today announced that seven additional publishers are working with the archive to preserve their publications for future generations of researchers. CLOCKSS, the decentralized preservation archive that ensures that the digital assets of the community will survive intact, simultaneously announced the support of the library at Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria. Thomas Guillemaud, co-founder, Peer Community In,… Read more »

The CLOCKSS Archive, like all members of the scholarly community, is adjusting to the unusual circumstances caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Operations continue as normal. The pandemic has reminded all of us that we live with risks every day; the long-term preservation mission of CLOCKSS seems especially relevant. In recognition of the difficulties caused by… Read more »

The CLOCKSS Archive today announced that eleven journals have been triggered for open access by the CLOCKSS Board of Directors. The triggers occurred after Medknow, part of Wolters Kluwer, ceased publishing eleven titles in 2019 and the content would no longer be available online. The publications have been preserved in the CLOCKSS Archive and are… Read more »

Read the interview with CLOCKSS Archive Executive Dirctor Craig Van Dyck about Digital Preservation on the FORCE11 Blog series.

CLOCKSS, the decentralized preservation archive that ensures that the digital assets of the community will survive intact, announced the support of six additional libraries. CLOCKSS simultaneously announced that seven additional publishers are working with the archive to preserve their publications for future generations of researchers. “The University of Colorado, Boulder, is happy to join other… Read more »

CLOCKSS, the decentralized preservation archive that ensures that the digital assets of the community will survive intact, announced the support of thirteen additional libraries. CLOCKSS simultaneously announced that ten additional publishers are working with the archive to preserve their publications for future generations of researchers. “Participation in CLOCKSS is an essential component to our digital… Read more »

The CLOCKSS Archive has had a dynamic twelve months. Here are some highlights. In this past year, the CLOCKSS Archive has grown by 3.9 million journal articles, to 33.3 million, and by 114,00 books, to 186,000. This represents a 13% growth in journal content, and 158% growth in books (due mainly to the addition of… Read more »

“Long-Term Preservation of High-Value Digital Content,” an article by Craig Van Dyck Executive Director of CLOCKSS Archive appears in the News & Press: Amnet Thought Leader Series on the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) website.

Remarq, the editorial engagement and researcher collaboration platform from RedLink®, will give publishers the ability to preserve user comments in CLOCKSS. RedLink and CLOCKSS are pleased to announce the ability for publishers to preserve curated user comments submitted and managed via Remarq. Remarq is RedLink’s tool for the research and education communities offering collaboration, annotation,… Read more »