Communities using the LOCKSS Software have collaboratively passed an important milestone and are now preserving over 1000 'long tail' journal publishers, smaller publishers who have ten or fewer journals. Content from these publishers are most at-risk for loss, making preservation vital to guarantee future access to the material for research and teaching.
As libraries migrate from print to online-only publications, assurances from publishers that a library's investments are protected and preserved for generations to come is essential.
According to Victoria Reich, LOCKSS Program executive director, there are tens of thousands of long tail publishers worldwide, which makes preserving the first 1,000 publishers an important first step to a larger endeavour to protect vulnerable digital content.
The CLOCKSS Archive is a critical and unique player in the quest to preserve Web-based scholarly publications. CLOCKSS assigns abandoned and orphaned (triggered) content a Creative Commons license to ensure it remains available forever.
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