BioMed Central joins CLOCKSS to archive its open access articles

[Gordon Tibbitts <Gordon.Tibbitts@clockss.org>]

BioMed Central joins CLOCKSS to archive its open access articles

January 14, 2010 - CLOCKSS is pleased to announce that it has 
partnered with BioMed Central, the world's largest open access 
publisher, to preserve over 60,000 articles in CLOCKSS's 
geographically and geopolitically distributed network of 
redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries 
around the world.

A non-profit joint venture between the world's leading scholarly 
publishers and research libraries, CLOCKSS's mission is to build 
a sustainable, geographically distributed dark archive for the 
benefit of the greater global research community. By archiving 
with CLOCKSS, BioMed Central ensures that its open access 
articles remain open access forever. If necessary, CLOCKSS will 
make this content available, under a creative commons license, 
for free to all scholars around the world.

Bev Acreman, Commercial Director for BioMed Central, notes 
"Because BioMed Central is committed to the preservation and 
availability of scholarly content through its leading open access 
publishing program, it is especially pleased to partner with 
CLOCKSS, an archive that shares this same commitment to open 
access."

CLOCKSS Co-Chair and Executive Director Gordon Tibbitts adds, 
"CLOCKSS has achieved a rare consensus among libraries and 
publishers to make orphaned content open access. We share BioMed 
Central's commitment to open access, and welcome the opportunity 
to help them maintain this commitment for their journals into the 
very long term."

About BioMed Central
BioMed Central is an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher
which has pioneered the open access publishing model. All
peer-reviewed research articles published by BioMed Central are made
immediately and freely accessible online, and are licensed to allow
redistribution and reuse. BioMed Central is part of Springer
Science+Business Media, a leading global publisher in the STM sector.
http://www.biomedcentral.com

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.
http://www.clockss.org

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