ITHAKA, the parent organization of Portico, is pleased to take part in Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS)/American Library Association (ALA) upcoming Preservation Week (April 24-30). The aim of this week is to connect our communities through events, activities, and resources that highlight what we can do, individually and together, to preserve both … Read More
Title: Protecting Future Access Now: Models for Preserving Digitized Books and Other Content at Cultural Heritage Organizations Date: April 27, 2011 All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time. Description: Over the past decade, the number of digitization projects initiated by cultural heritage … Read More
Please join Portico, JSTOR, and Ithaka S+R in New York City on September 27 and 28, 2010. For more details, please visit the following link: http://www.ithaka.org/about-ithaka/events. Read More
Portico and JSTOR would like to invite you to one of several special breakfast sessions in August. During these sessions we will host a discussion on the Current Scholarship Program and outline an expansion of the Portico preservation services. A full agenda is available below. 8:30 – 9:00 am Welcome & Breakfast 9:00 – 10:00 … Read More
Portico and JSTOR will be exhibiting at the American Library Association Annual Conference, June 24-29, 2010, in Washington, DC. Read More
Your friends at ITHAKA (JSTOR, Portico, and Ithaka S+R) would like to invite you to a forum titled, Sustainable Scholarship, which will be held at the Boston Marriott Copley Place at 110 Huntington Avenue in Boston, MA, on March 30, 2010 from 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM (including lunch). This forum will focus on new … Read More
Our staff will be attending UKSG. It’s a great time to get a quick update on our work or to learn more about Portico participation. Please contact us to set up a meeting. Read More
Kenneth DiFiore, Associate Director, Outreach & Participation Services, is attending and speaking on a panel titled “Access Preservation of E-Journals: The Publishers View.” We invite you to attend the panel and encourage you to contact us to set up a meeting to learn more about Portico. Read More
On October 27, 2009, along with Texas A&M and the University of Houston, ITHAKA hosted a forum titled Next Generation Digital Publishing, Preservation, and Scholarship in Houston, TX. The forum focused on initiatives in which ITHAKA, through its services JSTOR and Portico, is currently engaged. It also highlighted examples of next generation publishing and preservation … Read More
On September 23rd, ITHAKA held a day-long meeting focused on the sustainability of scholarly communications. We were joined by leaders from libraries, presses, publishers, and learned societies, as well as editors, digital project leaders, and funders working in higher education. Our aims in hosting Sustainable Scholarship 2009 were to facilitate a productive exchange of ideas … Read More