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UK LOCKSS AllianceMember’s Briefing

Adam Rusbridge

EDINA, University of Edinburgh

October 2009

Open Access Week

• Central to UK LOCKSS Alliance, and CLOCKSS, is access.

• The UK LOCKSS Alliance is a co-operative organization whosegoal is to ensure continuing access to scholarly work in ways thatare sustainable over the long term.

• Access to content is central component of licenses– Secure continuing access to scholarly content within license

terms– Where possible, taking steps to encourage Open Access

* LOCKSS is building local collections, but Open Access andCreative Commons license allows greater freedom for use.

* For CLOCKSS, Open Access following release is integral.

The Developing Environment

• UKLOCKSS and CLOCKSS separate payment from access and putlibraries in control.– UKLOCKSS is all about you, your collections, your scholars.– CLOCKSS is a global initiative where you have influence on the global

stage.

• Together, the two initiatives ensure all publishers are covered,both large and small.

• They ensure that content is in your custody and control– locally with UKLOCKSS; globally with CLOCKSS.

• Open access ensures that libraries are the benefactor– Where not possible, secure continuing access as entitlement of

subscription

• Governance model allows libraries to take active leadership– locally, nationally and internationally

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UK LOCKSS Alliance: Transition to Service

• Nascent organisation needs time to develop

• Activity driven by members, collectively– Economic and cooperative benefits– EDINA and JISC Collections supporting the initiative

• Introducing an approach for governance and participation– Focused on establishing the correct model for the UK

• UK LOCKSS fits into wider national activity– CLOCKSS– Piloting An E-Journals Preservation Registry Service (PEPRS)– Pilot for Ensuring Continuity of Access via NESLi2 (PECAN)

Awareness and Best Practice still needed

• Uncertainty about best practice and strategy– ALPSP publisher survey report indicates demand

for industry-wide working group modeled onProject TRANSFER or Project COUNTER

– Stakeholders map out future development plans– http://www.alpsp.org/ForceDownload.asp?id=882

• Collaboration among UK activities a goodfirst step towards clarity.

Development

• New member of LOCKSS team– Dimitrios Sferopoulos– d.sferopoulos@ed.ac.uk

• Improve resources, stability and knowledge

• Working on:– Metadata Extraction for OpenURL link resolvers– Content Processing

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UKLA Communication

• Member web area– Steering Committee reports– Archive of documentation and reports

• Webcast for December– Date to be announced

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UK LOCKSS Alliance Institutions

• University ofBirmingham

• University of Bristol

• De Montfort University

• Durham University

• Edinburgh University

• Glasgow University

• University ofHuddersfield

• University of Hull

• King's College London

• Leicester University

• London School ofEconomics

• University of NewcastleUpon Tyne

• University of Sussex

• University of St Andrews

• University of Warwick

• University of York

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Content Development

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Content Development

• New publishers– Taylor and Francis

* Began development earlier this year* LOCKSS web pages now being tested* About to begin plugin development* Hope to release content by end of 2009

– Emerald Publishing Group* Publisher development near completion* Plugin has been developed* Content is in testing

– Springer in development* Responding to library demands

• Preparing further releases for:– Annual Reviews– Oxford University Press

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At-Risk Content

• NOW AVAILABLE: Pain Reviews (Hodder Arnold)

• LOCKSS negotiated Creative Commons Open AccessLicense

* OA content stays freely available* ANYONE can re-publish content* Content can be moved from one archive to another without

permission from publisher

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At-Risk Content

• DrogoResearch

– LOCKSS negotiated content out from behind pay-wall* “8th July 2009: from today you no longer need to login to the Journal

to view whole articles”– LOCKSS negotiated Creative Commons Open Access

License

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At-Risk Content

• ICTHES World Care

– In contact with editors at two journals– Summer board meetings: discuss LOCKSS / OA

policy

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• Thank you for your attention

• Adam Rusbridge– A.Rusbridge@ed.ac.uk– http://www.edina.ac.uk/lockss