The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of BraDypUS Books, Business Systems Laboratory, Illiesia, the International Journal of Stonefly Research, IWA Publishing, KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Liverpool University Press Translated Texts for Historians E-Library, LIBRE Repository, OMICS Group Inc., and Practical Action Publishing.
CLOCKSS 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.
BraDypUS is a small Italian publisher and consulting company, engaged since 2008 in the communication and enhancement of cultural and archaeological heritage. It seeks to promote cultural dissemination and technological innovation, and supplies national and international projects and institutions with the best practices and strategies to gain higher social and cultural impact in respect to environment and sustainability.
Business Systems Laboratory (BS-Lab) is a non-profit association for the promotion of research and teaching in the field of business and social systems. Its aim is to be a bridge between the business community and the academia.
Illiesia, the International Journal of Stonefly Research, is an international online and printed journal published by Mississippi College and the Slovenian Museum of Natural History. It is freely available to individuals and institutions on the web. No login or subscription is needed.
IWA Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of the International Water Association (IWA), publishes in the water, wastewater and related environmental fields. It is reportedly committed to excellence in delivery of information both in print and online, and continues to invest in innovation and development of services to encourage usage of its publications worldwide.
KwaZulu-Natal Museum is said to rank among the top national natural and cultural history museums in South Africa and is renowned for its collection of arthropods, earthworms and molluscs.
Liverpool University Press (LUP) is the UK's third oldest university press, with a distinguished history of publishing exceptional research since 1899, including the work of Nobel laureates. LUP has rapidly expanded in recent years and now publishes approximately 70 books and 21 journals a year, specialising in literature, modern languages, history and visual culture.
LIBRE (LIBerating REsearch) is a free, multidisciplinary article and data repository offering services that enable a community-based organisation, evaluation and dissemination of the global research output. LIBRE is developed by Open Scholar C.I.C. (Community Interest Company), a not-for-profit organisation founded by a group of research scientists with the mandate to promote a new, more open and transparent culture in scholarly communication and to create an alternative model of knowledge exchange for the benefit of both the scientific community and the society at large.
OMICS Group is a publisher of approximately 250 open access journals in a number of academic fields. The Group, with the help of council members of HUPO, started its first open-access journal, the Journal of Proteomics & Bioinformatics, in 2007.
Practical Action is an international NGO that uses technology to challenge poverty in developing countries.
