CLOCKSS, the decentralized preservation archive that ensures that the digital assets of the community will survive intact, announced the participation of seven additional publishers. Professor Jakub Bijak, Editor-in-Chief of Demographic Research, an online-only journal published by the Max Planck Institute of Demographic Research, said: “In a rapidly-changing world of digital publishing, agile solutions for safe […]

5 November is World Preservation Day. This announcement was posted today on the DOAJ news site: DOAJ to Lead a Collaboration to Improve the Preservation of OA Journals DOAJ, CLOCKSS Archive, Internet Archive, Keepers Registry/ISSN International Centre and Public Knowledge Project (PKP) have agreed to partner to provide an alternative pathway for the preservation of

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

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,

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

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 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

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

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