[BOAI] Thieme Publishing Group joins CLOCKSS

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from CLOCKSS.  --Peter Suber.]


ANNOUNCEMENT:  Thieme Publishing Group joins CLOCKSS

A Cost Effective Archiving Solution for Libraries and Publishers
Around the Globe

Stuttgart, May 18, 2010 - Thieme Publishing Group has joined
CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe), a
community-governed, non-profit joint venture between the world's
leading scholarly publishers and research libraries. These
organizations are working together to guarantee the permanent
survival of academic digital content beyond the twenty-first
century. Additional participants in this continuously growing
international project include Stanford University, the Royal
Society, Elsevier, and the University of Hong Kong.

"Archiving and securing the permanent availability of eJournals
is of paramount importance. We at Thieme are pleased to
participate in and support this initiative, while working in
conjunction with the international publishing community," says
Thomas Connertz, Director Thieme eJournals.

Ten years ago, Stanford University librarians developed the
innovative LOCKSS technology, upon which this project is based.
The CLOCKSS archive is distributed across a global and
geopolitically diverse network of archive nodes, and governed by
all its participants. Content no longer available from any
publisher ("triggered content") is made available for free. In
the case that any content from Thieme becomes triggered, CLOCKSS
will release it to the world under a creative commons license to
ensure it remains available forever.

By archiving with CLOCKSS, Thieme Publishing Group is ensuring
that content from Thieme eJournals remains as useful as possible
and will always be available, when needed, to all scholars around
the world.

About CLOCKSS

CLOCKSS (Controlled LOCKSS) is a not-for-profit joint venture
between the world's leading scholarly publishers and research
libraries whose mission is to build a sustainable, geographically
distributed dark archive with which to ensure the long-term
survival of web-based scholarly publications for the benefit of
the greater global research community. For more information,
please visit www.clockss.org

About Thieme

Thieme Publishing Group is a privately held STM publishing house
employing more than 950 people and maintains offices in New York,
Delhi, Stuttgart and three other locations in Germany. Founded in
1886, the Thieme name has become synonymous with high quality and
excellence in medical and scientific publishing. Today, Thieme is
the market leading publisher of neurosurgical content and holds
strong market positions in orthopedics, radiology, anatomy and
chemistry, among other specialties. Thieme publishes 137
peer-reviewed journals and over 500 new books annually. The
company also has a rapidly growing array of web-based products in
medicine and science. Popular online products include Thieme
eJournals and the Thieme ElectronicBook Library, which are
accessible via www.thieme-connect.com, Thieme's platform for
electronic products.

Contacting CLOCKSS

Gordon Tibbitts
Executive Director, CLOCKSS
1450 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 721-5838
info at clockss.org

Contacting Thieme

Dr. Thomas Krimmer
Director Institutional Marketing, Thieme Publishing Group
Tel: +49-(0)711-8931-772
Fax: +49-(0)711-8931-777
E-mail: thomas.krimmer at thieme.de

Simone Rueckle
Public Relations and Press Office, Thieme Publishing Group
Tel: +49-(0)711-8931-280
Fax: +49-(0)711-8931-167
E-mail: simone.rueckle at thieme.de
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