The CLOCKSS Archive is pleased to announce that it has partnered with the Society for General Microbiology 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, the Society for General Microbiology 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.
The Society for General Microbiology’s Chief Executive Simon Festing says, “We are pleased to be able to ensure long-term access to our journals, Microbiology, Journal of General Virology, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, and Journal of Medical Microbiology, by joining the CLOCKSS archive. The Society for General Microbiology is committed to broadening access to and understanding of microbiological research, and preservation of our content in the CLOCKSS Archive strengthens the Society’s commitment to this.”
CLOCKSS Executive Director Randy S. Kiefer adds, “The CLOCKSS Archive welcomes the Society for General Microbiology’s ejournals, which includes high-quality research papers and topical reviews covering the great diversity of life forms, into the community’s archive. By archiving with CLOCKSS, the Society for General Microbiology has the long-term preservation of their ejournals in the field of microbiology. We are grateful, as the Society for General Microbiology 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 the Society for General Microbiology: The Society for General Microbiology (SGM) is a professional body for scientists who work in all areas of microbiology. It is the largest microbiology society in Europe, and has around 5,000 members worldwide. The Society provides a common meeting ground for scientists working in research and in fields with applications in microbiology including medicine, veterinary medicine, pharmaceuticals, industry, agriculture, food, the environment and education. An important function of the Society is the promotion of the public understanding of microbiology. http://www.sgm.ac.uk