LibraryLinks Spring 2007
Libraries Join Portico for Online Journal Preservation
By Elizabeth Brown
The Binghamton University Libraries recently joined the journal publishing preservation initiative, Portico. Based in Princeton, NJ, and started in 2005, Portico provides for the preservation of and access to scholarly journal content. Should the Libraries be unable to access online journals in the future, Portico can be used as a backup source for scholarly articles.
The need for preservation of electronic
journals in the Libraries is increasing, as there are more journals
being “born digital” each year. Additional information from
online journal articles not available in the print version, such as automated computer files, color graphics, and other interactive
data, is also available with Portico.
Access to online journals can be affected by changes in publisher distribution agreements, cessation of publication, or any number of changes in the publishing industry. Participating in Portico will enable the Libraries to maintain access to journal content should the publisher be unable to provide web access and will preserve access to scholarly content for research and teaching at the University.
For the current list of publishers participating in Portico, see
http://www.portico.org/about/part_publishers.html
For more information on Portico’s mission, see
http://www.portico.org/about/