American Chemical Society, Portico sign agreement for
permanent electronic archiving of ACS content
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications
Division has signed a major archiving agreement with Portico, a
not-for-profit organization whose mission is to preserve scholarly
literature published in electronic form and to ensure that these
materials remain accessible to future scholars, researchers and
students.
Portico’s electronic archiving service was launched
in 2005 with support provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
Ithaka, The Library of Congress and Journal Storage (JSTOR). The
agreement assures long-term preservation and ongoing access to
electronic content from the journals of the ACS.
With the signing of this agreement, ACS joins a
growing body of publishers – currently numbering more than 30 and
encompassing over 6,000 titles – who have entrusted Portico to provide
a permanent archive of their journal content, thus enabling libraries
to migrate more quickly to electronic resources without risking future
accessibility.
Robert D. Bovenschulte, President of ACS
Publications, commented on the Portico agreement: “The archiving and
preservation of our digital content is a key strategic priority for
ACS Publications. We are delighted to be partnering with Portico as an
important part of our solution to ensure permanent and ongoing access
to our essential research in the chemical and related sciences. As our
institutional customers and ACS members increasingly rely on
electronic content for their scholarly research, they can be assured
of ACS Publications’ commitment to safeguarding electronic access to
our journal content for the future.”
Eileen Fenton, Executive Director of Portico,
commented: “We are very pleased that the electronic content of the
American Chemical Society will be added to the Portico archive. As
electronic journals have become a vital part of the scholarly record,
the need for robust, multi-layered archival arrangements has become
more urgent. We look forward to incorporating ACS journal content into
Portico’s active archive operations, and are delighted to serve as the
secure repository of this portion of the scholarly record.”
The Portico archiving agreement complements ACS’s
participation in the Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe (CLOCKSS)
program, which ACS joined in the spring of 2006. CLOCKSS is a
preservation initiative between publishers, libraries and the Online
Computer Library Center (OCLC).
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Publishing date: 22-Mar-2007
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The
American Chemical
Society - the world’s largest scientific society - is a
nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress and a global
leader in providing access to chemistry-related research through
its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific
conferences. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and
Columbus, Ohio. The ACS Publications Division currently publishes
35 leading peer-reviewed journals in the chemical and related
sciences, including the Journal of the American Chemical Society,
as well as Chemical & Engineering News, the Society's weekly news
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