Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe (LOCKSS) is an international initiative to ensure libraries remain central to the process of scholarly information management. It provides libraries with the tools and support to easily and inexpensively take custody of the assets for which they have paid i.e. to build – not simply lease - local collections of the scholarly material their readers care most about.
LOCKSS allows libraries to activate perpetual access rights when needed, without affecting the daily relationship between library and publisher.
Following a successful two-year JISC-funded pilot involving 30 UK higher education libraries, the UK LOCKSS Alliance launched in August 2008 as a membership organisation and 19 UK universities are currently participating. Technical advice and general support for the UK LOCKSS Alliance has been led by EDINA working together with the Digital Curation Centre (DCC).
A governing Steering Committee comprised of librarians at participating institutions ensures the UK LOCKSS Alliance is working towards and meeting community expectations and requirements.
We are pleased to announce that there will be no increase in membership fees for the UK LOCKSS Alliance in 2010-11.
