From Prototype to Production
June 26, 2008
The founding members of the CLOCKSS pilot program are pleased to announce that CLOCKSS will advance to active operations in mid-2008. Two years ago, scholarly publishers and research libraries, challenged by the responsibility to preserve the digital assets of the community, joined forces to build a prototype for a global dark archive. Their unique collaboration focused on creating an archive "cooperative" with publishers and libraries running the archive together. The prototype was successfully built and tested and, during the pilot period, the need for a robust governing structure was addressed.
Vicky Reich honored with the 2008 Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award
February 22, 2008
The CLOCKSS Initiative is proud to announce that Vicky Reich is the recipient of the 2008 Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award in recognition of her distinguished and ongoing contributions to the field of digital preservation. Vicky's leadership role in the development and adoption of digital preservation solutions like LOCKSS and CLOCKSS ensures the accessibility of serial publications and other digital content for future generations.
CLOCKSS Works
January 30, 2008
Researchers increasingly access journal articles online, but the real possibility exists that, due to natural disaster or human/computing failure, digital content might not always be available. Libraries and publishers have joined forces in an initiative called CLOCKSS*, providing leadership and the supporting technology, to ensure reliable, long-term access to scholarly e-content.
The moment has arrived to see how CLOCKSS works.
Public Access to Journal, Graft, from CLOCKSS
January 29, 2008
The University of Edinburgh's EDINA data centre and Stanford University make discontinued SAGE journal, Graft, available to the world for free.
How CLOCKSS Works: Ensuring Long-term Access to Digital Content
December 18, 2007
The CLOCKSS initiative is a partnership of libraries and publishers committed to ensuring long-term access to scholarly work in digital format. As more and more content moves online, there is growing concern that this digital content may not always be available. CLOCKSS addresses this problem by creating a secure, multi-sited archive of web-published content that can be tapped into as necessary to provide ongoing access to researchers worldwide for free.
There are many ways digital content may become unavailable, including when a publisher chooses to retire a journal. SAGE Publications, a CLOCKSS partner, recently announced that it would discontinue online access to its journal, Graft: Organ and Cell Transplantation. This represents an opportunity to demonstrate how CLOCKSS responds to a "trigger event."
