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COPPUL Private LOCKSS Network

The COPPUL Private LOCKSS Network is a program that utilizes the LOCKSS digital preservation system as a means to archive collections of local interest to members of COPPUL that are not being preserved through any other means. Digital materials such as small university press publications, open access journals, born digital government publications, and other electronic journal collections that are at risk of being lost are being preserved as part of the program. As collections are put forward by participating institutions, all members will preserve them via the private network, in order to have a distributed method of preservation for collections that are of importance to the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Participating Institutions include: Athabasca University Simon Fraser University University of Alberta University of British Columbia University of Calgary University of Manitoba University of Saskatchewan University of Victoria University of Winnipeg Examples of types of materials eligible for inclusion: Open access journals hosted by a member institution Digitized collections hosted by a member institution Open access journals/collections of reports and papers about or originating from a member institution, particularly those stored as part of an Institutional Repository Open access or subscription journals with a Western/local focus (not hosted by a member institution but deemed an important part of its collection) Open access journals relating to major collections at a member institution's library Websites/Online resources that form an important part of a member institution's collection To see a list of current collections please visit the COPPUL PLN wiki What is LOCKSS? LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe), based at Stanford University Libraries, is an international community initiative that provides libraries with digital preservation tools and support so that they can easily and inexpensively collect and preserve their own copies of authorized e-content. LOCKSS provides libraries with the open-source software and support to preserve web-published materials. The ACM award-winning LOCKSS technology is an open source, peer-to-peer, decentralized digital preservation infrastructure. LOCKSS preserves all formats and genres of web-published content. The intellectual content, which includes the historical context (the look and feel), is preserved. LOCKSS is OAIS-compliant; the software migrates content forward in time; and the bits and bytes are continually audited and repaired. More about LOCKSS. More Information More information is available on the COPPUL PLN wiki. Or, please contact Andrew Waller, Steering Committee Chair waller@ucalgary.ca     For more information, contact: Gwen Bird, Executive Director execdir@coppul.ca Page updated: October 05, 2011

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