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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