Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that seven universities under the Irish Universities Association (IUA) have begun participation in the Portico archive. The IUA libraries join more than 400 libraries from 11 countries in supporting Portico and digital preservation.
Established in 1997, the IUA seeks to formulate and pursue collective policies and actions on behalf of its member libraries - Trinity College Dublin; National University of Ireland, Galway; University College Cork; Dublin City University; University College Dublin; University of Limerick; and National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
Through its support of the Portico archive the Irish Research Electronic Library (IReL) programme incorporates long-term digital preservation and access protection for a growing number of titles. The IReL programme is a national initiative under the aegis of the IUA and Science Foundation Ireland designed to provide online access to thousands of quality peer-reviewed research publications across a range of disciplines.
