Building local digital collections with a LOCKSS box provides libraries with mission-critical assets that grow over time. How can libraries make the most of this valuable asset? How can they best influence how these assets grow or influence what publishers and genres are included? How can they take advantage of knowledge and best practices gained through real-world experience of others?
Having multiple copies of our content on a geographically dispersed network gives us more confidence that it will still be around in five years, ten years, or - given weather conditions down here - next week.
| - Aaron Trehub, Director of Library Technology, Auburn University, Alabama |
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Join the LOCKSS Alliance. LOCKSS Alliance library participants receive technical and collections support from the Stanford University LOCKSS team. Participants collect and preserve content from the over 500 participating publishers. They are building digital local collections, separating payment from access, and ensuring perpetual access. LOCKSS Alliance libraries shape the scope and content of their LOCKSS assets in line with local priorities, thereby adding value to their library. Alliance participants have strategic opportunities to determine long-term priorities and directions for the evolution of the LOCKSS software and program. Through information sharing, collaboration, and networking, the Alliance coordinates community engagement so individual activities of the participants are magnified and leveraged. A vibrant, active, and engaged user community is key to the success of Open-Source efforts like the LOCKSS Program. Join the Alliance; ensure that LOCKSS remains a vital and useful resource for years to come. To Join the Alliance, please complete the Participant Form. UK Libraries are invited to join the JISC endorsed, UK LOCKSS Alliance (http://www.lockssalliance.ac.uk/get-involved/).
*The LOCKSS Program's primary means of support is from LOCKSS Alliance fees with some additional support from contracts, currently the CLOCKSS Archive and the Library of Congress NDIIPP. We have been completely self-sufficient and financially sustainable since 2004. LOCKSS is not dependent on university or foundation subsidies or on grant funding. |
