The CLOCKSS Archive is pleased to announce that the Commonwealth Scientific
and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is the 25th Australian-New
Zealand library, and the first Australian government library, to support the
CLOCKSS Archive.
The CLOCKSS Archive has an archive node at Australian National University
(ANU). Following the example of library support by Roxanne Missingham at
ANU, the other Australian & New Zealand institutions are: Auckland
University of Technology, Charles Darwin University, Charles Sturt
University, Curtin University, Deakin University, Flinders University,
Griffith University, La Trobe University, Lincoln University, Macquarie
University, Massey University, Murdoch University, Queensland University of
Technology, Southern Cross University, University of Auckland, University of
Melbourne, University of New South Wales, University of Otago, University of
Queensland, University of Tasmania, University of Technology- Sydney,
University of Western Sydney and Victoria University.
CSIRO joins over 700 supporting libraries of the CLOCKSS Archive worldwide
based in Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
Thomas Girke, Information Support Manager at CSIRO, commented "CSIRO Library
Services places the highest priority on delivering desktop access to
information. Joining CLOCKSS will ensure preservation of our valuable
online resources".
CLOCKSS Executive Director Randy S. Kiefer adds "We are pleased at the
steady growth of support in Australia and New Zealand. The region has always
been well represented by ANU and their board membership in CLOCKSS. In
addition to the library support, a number of publishers in the region are
preserving their content in the CLOCKSS Archive. We welcome CSIRO as the
first Australian government library."
About CSIRO: The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation (CSIRO) is Australia's national science agency, and one of the
largest and most diverse research agencies in the world. The largest
science library in Australia, CSIRO Library Services provides support to
over 6,500 staff located at more than 40 sites. http://www.csiro.au.
About the CLOCKSS Archive: The CLOCKSS (Controlled LOCKSS) Archive is a
not-for-profit joint venture between the world's leading scholarly
publishers and research libraries whose mission is to build a sustainable,
geographically distributed dark archive with which to ensure the long-term
survival of Web-based scholarly publications for the benefit of the greater
global research community. http://www.clockss.org
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