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RE: Elsevier and Portico Sign Archive Partnership

Tony's taking a well-deserved holiday vacation, so let me step in.

Elsevier has been in discussion with LOCKSS, and we have been evaluating 
together whether and how the ScienceDirect system technically could work 
with the LOCKSS system. It has never been a question of exclusivity, e.g. 
LOCKSS versus the National Library in the Netherlands (which has been 
archiving Elsevier journals for several years) or, now, LOCKSS versus 
Portico.  A variety of systems that work well for libraries and publishers 
should be encouraged. What is critical is that all publishers and all 
libraries support trusted archival partners in building robust networks 
for digital preservation.

Karen Hunter
Senior Vice President
Elsevier
1-203-366-7137
k.hunter@elsevier.com

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
[mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Rais, Shirley (LLU)
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 12:05 PM
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: RE: Elsevier and Portico Sign Archive Partnership

I'd like to Elsevier support LOCKSS.  I just checked the list of publisher
partners and I don't see Elsevier listed.  Any comments Tony?

Shirley Rais, Chair, Serials Dept.
Loma Linda University Libraries
11072 Anderson St.
Loma Linda, CA  92350-0001

Phone: (909) 558-4583
FAX: (909) 558-4919
Srais@llu.edu


-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 7:41 PM
To: Steve Hitchcock; Mcsean, Tony (ELS)", liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: RE: Elsevier and Portico Sign Archive Partnership

Dear Steve,

Thanks for your good wishes.

The financial details are confidential, for reasons I'm sure you will
understand.

The agreement with Portico is in parallel to our agreement with the Royal
Dutch Library.  It has been an important part of our archiving strategy to
maximise relience and part of this is achieved by having parallel
strategies in place.  We also, of course, have very thorough internal
archiving and back-up procedures in place.

Tony

Tony McSean
Director of Library Relations
Elsevier
+44 7795 960516
+44 20 7611 4413