Events
Portico Moves Beyond E-journals: New Digital Preservation Activities Announced at Third Annual Participants’ Meeting
Portico, a not-for-profit digital preservation service, introduced three expansions of its preservation work at its third annual Participants’ Meeting, held during the American Library Association Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. In direct response to preservation concerns expressed by libraries and publishers, Portico is moving beyond e-journal preservation. Portico now preserves scholarly e-books. At ALA, Elsevier, … Read More
Portico Participants’ Meeting at ALA
Portico Participants’ Meeting ALA Annual Meeting Saturday, July 11, 2009 Kevin Guthrie, President of ITHAKA, opened the meeting with a brief discussion of our organizational mission, current work, and future plans. Our guest speaker, Sayeed Choudhury, Associate Dean for Library Digital Programs and Hodson Director of the Digital Research and Curation Center at the Sheridan … Read More
ALA MidWinter 2009
Portico, along with JSTOR, will be exhibiting at the ALA Midwinter Conference in Boston, MA. Please stop by booth # 2649 in the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center on January 15-18, 2010. Read More
Presentations from Portico’s ALA Annual Participants’ Meeting Now Available
Portico Participants’ Meeting ALA Annual Meeting Saturday, July 11, 2009 Kevin Guthrie, President of Ithaka, opened the meeting with a brief discussion of our organizational mission, current work, and future plans. Our guest speaker, Sayeed Choudhury, Associate Dean for Library Digital Programs and Hodson Director of the Digital Research and Curation Center at the Sheridan … Read More
Portico Announces Participants’ Meeting at ALA Annual Conference
Please plan to join us for the Portico Participants’ Meeting on July 11, 2009, 8-10 am at the Hyatt Regency Chicago at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL. If you have any questions or would like to RSVP, please send an email to events@ithaka.org. Read More
2008 Portico Report from Eileen Fenton, Executive Director
Dear Colleague – In this extraordinary economic climate, library budgets are under unprecedented pressure. Severe reductions are forcing numerous difficult choices, and in response many libraries are significantly accelerating their shift from reliance on print to electronic resources. As a result reliable digital preservation infrastructure able to ensure long-term access to electronic scholarly resources is … Read More
Portico Participants’ Meeting at ALA | Invitation and Agenda
Portico is pleased to invite you to our third annual Participants’ Meeting during this year’s ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA. The meeting – open to those interested in learning more about Portico and to all participating libraries and publishers – will take place on Saturday, June 28, 2008, in the Marquis Ballroom Northeast, Anaheim … Read More
Portico Participants’ Meeting at ALA | Save the Date
Dear Colleagues – Please save the date and plan to join us for our third Portico Participants’ Meeting during this year’s ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA. The meeting – open to those interested in learning more about Portico and to all participating libraries and publishers – will take place on Saturday, June 28, 2008, … Read More
Portico Hosts 2nd Annual Participants’ Meeting
On June 23, 2007 at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington D.C., Portico hosts its 2nd Annual Participants’ Meeting. The meeting featured presentations by Anne Kenney, Interim University Librarian, Cornell University Library and Richard Fyffe, Librarian of the College, Grinell College. Ms. Kenney reviewed the findings and recommendations of the 2006 report from the Council … Read More
Librarians Talk about Archiving, Preservation and Portico (PDF)
Dear Colleagues – As the higher education community continues its transition to ever greater reliance upon electronic resources, we – publishers, libraries and archives – are faced with an array of challenges surrounding the long-term preservation of these important scholarly resources. Notable progress has been made, but the majority of libraries and a tremendous number … Read More