As the number of Open Access journals continues to increase, many librarians have asked Portico to expand its preservation work with Open Access publishers. Portico already preserves nearly 350 Open Access titles from its current publisher participants but we need your help to identify additional titles of greatest concern. We invite librarians to visit our … Read More
One of the most important issues facing publishers and their library customers is long-term preservation of digital content. More and more scholarly content is published electronically with an increasing amount ‘born digital’ with no print counterpart. This dramatic increase in electronic scholarly resources raises important questions about rights and responsibilities relating to long-term preservation. Against … Read More
In September 2005, library directors from 17 universities and colleges met to discuss the current state of electronic journal preservation and endorsed a statement calling for ”Urgent Action” to preserve scholarly e-journals. Over two years later in January 2008, Portico and Ithaka invited 1,371 library directors of four-year colleges and universities in the United States … Read More
The purpose of this study is to learn what may be required to develop a robust solution for the long-term preservation of e-books. The study will include an assessment of current e-book preservation needs in the library and scholarly publishing communities, the technological preservation requirements of the genre, and possible economic models able to support … Read More