Penn State University Press Preserves with the CLOCKSS Archive
(apologies for cross posting)
13 June 2010
CLOCKSS is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Penn State
University Press to preserve their e-journals and e-books 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, Penn State University Press has
committed to the preservation of their e-journals and e-Books. This
action provides for content to be freely available to everyone after a
"trigger event" and ensures that an author's work will be maximally
accessible and useful over time.
"The Pennsylvania State University Press takes great pride in
partnering with CLOCKSS on behalf of our many Societies, editors,
authors, and researchers worldwide. Respected by institutions,
libraries, and scholars worldwide, CLOCKSS tackles the varied and
ever-changing challenges of today’s scholarly communication, and
assists Penn State University Press in meeting its institutional and
strategic objectives and in realizing its commitment to preserve and
archive digital scholarly research." - Patrick H. Alexander, Director,
The Pennsylvania State University Press
CLOCKSS Executive Director Randy S. Kiefer adds, "We are excited to
expand our coverage of university press content as CLOCKSS welcomes
Penn State University Press’s e-journals and e-books into the
community's archive. We have worked to reduce the fees for the
presses when their library is also a supporter. CLOCKSS has achieved a
rare consensus among libraries and publishers, and we are grateful as
Penn State University Press joins the CLOCKSS Archive for its generous
willingness to preserve its e-journals and e-books in a way that
secures them for the long-term good of scholars worldwide."
About Penn State University Press:
The publishing arm of the Pennsylvania State University and a division
of the Penn State University Libraries and Scholarly Communications,
Penn State University Press is dedicated to serving the University
community, the citizens of Pennsylvania, and scholars worldwide by
publishing books and journals of the highest quality. The Press
promotes the advance of scholarship by disseminating knowledge—new
information, interpretations, methods of analysis—with an emphasis on
core fields of the humanities and social sciences.
http://www.psupress.org
About CLOCKSS:
CLOCKSS (Controlled LOCKSS) 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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