Portico recently reached a milestone of 1,000 publisher participants, and we continue to welcome new content providers to the archive. Forty-five publishers have joined Portico so far in 2022 alone. Of these new publishers, 41 are Open Access, bringing our total to 491 OA publishers across journals and ebooks. Notably, Classiques Garnier is preserving journals, books, and digital collections in Portico. Founded in Paris in 1896,… Read more
The Digital Preservation Coalition is hosting the iPres conference in Glasgow from September 12-16, 2022. The Portico team is looking forward to joining the conference and participating in a lively exchange of ideas with the global digital preservation community. Welcoming new colleagues to iPres We’re proud to sponsor bursaries for conference attendees from underrepresented countries, expanding the cultural diversity of the iPres community. This year’s successful applicants are based at Busitema University… Read more
Portico recently reached a significant milestone: more than 1,000 publishers are now preserving content in our archive, ensuring it will remain discoverable and accessible for the long term. In a new blog post for the Digital Preservation Coalition, Stephanie Orphan, Portico’s Director of Publisher Relations and Content Preservation, reflects on our journey with the community from Portico’s beginnings in 2005. As the scholarly publishing landscape has changed through the growth of… Read more
Portico is pleased to support the participation of iPres 2022 conference attendees from underrepresented or low/middle-income countries. Hosted by the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), iPres is the longest-running conference series on digital preservation. This year’s conference will be held from September 12-16, 2022 in Glasgow, Scotland. The sponsorships will enable 2-3 members of the global digital preservation community to attend the conference, involving new participants in the application of digital preservation and expanding the cultural diversity of the iPres… Read more
Portico has passed an important milestone and now has more than 1,000 participating publishers who, along with more than 1,000 participating libraries, allow us to meet our mission of ensuring that scholarly content remains usable, authentic, discoverable, and accessible. Such broad community support and collaboration allows us to provide long-term digital preservation in a cost-effective and sustainable way. Portico is preserving an extensive set of content in its archive: more than 96 million journal articles, 1.6 million ebooks, and 8.2… Read more
Portico is now providing access to the content from two additional academic journals. These titles are no longer available through their original publisher or a successor; therefore, they have “triggered” and are freely available to the community via the Portico archive. Journal of Space Syntax, published by the UCL Space Syntax Laboratory, focused on relations between society and space, covering a variety of topics ranging from architecture to geography. This journal was originally published Open Access, and will remain OA… Read more
Portico is now providing access to the digital journal Scholar Chatter, which published peer-reviewed articles from June 2020 through March 2022. Its publisher, Scholar Chatter Society of Academic Publishers, dissolved as of March 31, 2022 and is no longer in business. Because the content is no longer available through the publisher or a successor, it has “triggered” and is now freely available to the community via the Portico archive. The content was originally published Open Access and will remain Open… Read more
As scholars experiment with diverse technologies to present their research, publishers are supporting digital formats that go far beyond traditional text-based publications. These complex works may include embedded media, supporting materials such as software and data, interactive features, nonlinear forms of navigation, and more. However, such innovative characteristics can create challenges for the long-term sustainability of these publications. How can we ensure that this important scholarly content is preserved for future generations? In a new article in the Journal of… Read more
Portico is now providing access to content from the journal transversal: Journal for Jewish Studies, published by De Gruyter. This title explored the interdisciplinary field of Jewish Studies, focusing on the exchange between Jewish and non-Jewish spheres of culture and its mutually constitutive effects. De Gruyter ceased publication of transversal: Journal for Jewish Studies in 2016. Because it is no longer available through the publisher or a successor, it has “triggered” and is now freely available to the community via… Read more
Portico is now providing access to content from the journal BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning. This title contributed to research in the use of simulation and innovative technology across the health and social care professions in order to improve clinical outcomes, safety, and patient experiences. BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning ceased publication in July 2021 and is no longer available through the publisher; therefore, it has “triggered” and is now freely available to the community via the Portico… Read more