Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with STM publisher Springer, Germany, to preserve 824 titles from the latter's online journals collection. Additional journals published with partner societies and other third parties will be incorporated into the agreement over time. With this inclusion, over 7,200 titles have now been entrusted to the Portico archive.
Through this agreement with Portico, the global publisher seeks to ensure that its online journals are preserved and available for future scholars, researchers, and students. Springer has also agreed to make an annual financial contribution to Portico.
Springer is the second-largest publisher of journals in the STM sector and the largest publisher of STM books. It publishes on behalf of more than 300 academic associations and professional societies. Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media, one of the world's leading suppliers of scientific and specialist literature. The group publishes over 1,700 journals and more than 5,500 new books a year, as well as the largest STM eBook Collection worldwide. Springer has operations in over 20 countries in Europe, Asia and the US.
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