Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that STM publisher Springer, Germany, has expanded its agreement with the digital preservation service. The company has named Portico as a mechanism for perpetual access (also known as post-cancellation access) for its more than 800 titles preserved in the archive.
Springer began participation in Portico in 2007. Through this expanded agreement, the global publisher provides Portico's nearly 500 participating libraries around the world with an additional reliable, 'back up' option to ensure continuing access to subscribed content for their faculty, researchers and students.
Publishers have a variety of arrangements for providing continuing access to libraries in the event of a cancellation. Portico is able to serve as one such mechanism if and when needed for over 85 percent of the more than 15,300 e-journals and e-books committed to the Portico archive.
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