UK LOCKSS ALLIANCE ROUNDUP, MAY 2014

This is the latest periodic news bulletin reporting developments in  
the UK LOCKSS Alliance.  In this bulletin we report on: UKLA  
membership pricing for 2014--2015; news about LOCKSS software and  
content; and about Vicky Reich and David Rosenthal winning the LITA/Hi  
Tech Award for outstanding communications in library and information  
technology.

UKLA MEMBERSHIP PRICING FOR 2014--2015
The LOCKSS membership agreement has been renewed for one year,  
covering the period 1st August 2014 to 31st July 2015.  Pricing and  
details of how to renew can be found on the UK LOCKSS Alliance  
Membership (2014-15) catalogue page on the Jisc Collections website  
(http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Catalogue/Agreements/YearlyAgreements/1830).

SOFTWARE NEWS
The LOCKSS developers at Stanford are progressing with implementation  
of a new SOAP API which will make it possible to programmatically  
access the status information currently available from the user  
interface, as well as to change the configuration of your LOCKSS box,  
e.g. with commands to add or remove archival units.  This enhanced API  
will enable development of new ways to interact with LOCKSS. For  
example, it would simplify development of new interfaces and  
integration with external tools and services. The LOCKSS team  
anticipate release of the API sometime before Autumn 2014.

Another development that may interest institutions with PLNs is the  
LOCKSS-o-matic software being developed at Simon Fraser University  
Library in Canada.  LOCKSS-o-matic will automate ingestion of content  
into a private LOCKSS network (PLN) and monitor the PLN to ensure that  
member boxes are online and operating normally.  The software is due  
for release in Spring 2014.  Current information, including the  
project wiki, is available on Github  
https://github.com/mjordan/lockss-o-matic.

CONTENT NEWS
The content available through the Global LOCKSS Network (GLN) was  
extended last year through the addition of 95 publishers and the  
complete collections of the Project Muse Classics Archival Foundation  
Collection, Archive Classics Supplement, History Archival Foundation  
Collection, and Archive History Supplement.

A broad range of different types of content is being collected by PLNs  
throughout the world ? according to the e-content that is important to  
the group responsible for the PLN.  Content in PLNs include  
collections of photographs, audio files, government files and  
databases, as well as open-access journals.

VICKY REICH AND DAVID ROSENTHAL WIN LITA/LIBRARY HI TECH AWARD 2014
Vicky Reich and David Rosenthal, the co-founders of LOCKSS, have been  
awarded the 2014 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award for Outstanding  
Communications in Library and Information Technology for their  
collaboration to ensure the preservation of digital content through  
the development and delivery of the LOCKSS Program. LOCKSS originated  
in 1999 as an "open-source, library-led digital preservation system".   
It is the first and only system that allows instutions to take custody  
and preserve content ? both purchased and locally created ? to  
safeguard the library's digital assets.  A significant development has  
been extension of LOCKSS to allow communities to preserve a diverse  
range of digital materials in private LOCKSS networks (PLNs).  For  
more information see  
http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/04/reich-and-rosenthal-winners-2014-litalibrary-hi-tech-award.







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