From: "Randy S. Kiefer" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 12:16:39 -0400

BRILL becomes 100th publisher to participate in the CLOCKSS Archive.

October 2, 2012

BRILL and the CLOCKSS Archive are delighted to announce that BRILL has
become the 100th publisher to participate in the CLOCKSS Archive.

BRILL will preserve their ejournals and ebooks in CLOCKSS's
geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant
archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the
world.  By archiving with CLOCKSS, BRILL has committed to the
preservation of their ejournals and ebooks. This action provides for
content to be freely available to everyone after a "trigger event" and
ensures an author's work will be maximally accessible and useful over
time.

BRILL’s Vice President of Business Development, Sam Bruinsma, comments
“In our conversations with key customers worldwide about our online
resources the subject of long-term accessibility is always on the
agenda. Being around for nearly 330 years does help to gain some trust
in this respect, but participating in CLOCKSS is generally perceived
as an even better guarantee.”

CLOCKSS Executive Director Randy S. Kiefer adds “This agreement is a
significant milestone for the CLOCKSS Archive, one that underscores
the value proposition of the archive and the large variety of
publishers that participate in it.  BRILL, founded in 1683, has a rich
history and a strong international focus.  We are grateful, as BRILL
joins the CLOCKSS Archive, for its generous willingness to preserve
its ejournals and ebooks in a way that secures them for the long-term
good of scholars worldwide.”

About BRILL: BRILL publications also include the imprints Martinus
Nijhoff Publishers, Hotei, and Global Oriental. Brill’s publications
focus on the Humanities and Social Sciences, International Law, and
Natural History. BRILL has developed distinctive platforms for its
online resources.
http://www.brill.com/

About CLOCKSS: The CLOCKSS (Controlled LOCKSS) Archive 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