Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the National Library of the Netherlands (the KB), have announced an agreement for an off-line copy of the Portico archive to be held for safekeeping by the KB.
Through its e-Depot program the KB has demonstrated its role in the vanguard of digital preservation. Placing a Portico-owned copy of the archive in a secure access- and climate-controlled facility, operated by the KB, is one component of the replication strategy Portico is implementing to ensure the safety and security of the archive upon which a growing, international community relies.
Portico seeks to preserve scholarly literature published in electronic form and to ensure that these materials remain accessible to future scholars, researchers, and students. This arrangement with KB also illustrates one way in which organisations internationally recognised for their digital preservation obligations and expertise can cooperate to form a strong, supportive network to safely preserve digital materials.
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