From: Marita LaMonica <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 15:56:28 -0500

Portico e-journal service reaches historic milestone
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More than 25 million articles preserved

New York, NY, November 4, 2013 – Portico is pleased to announce that
it is preserving 25 million journal articles—and counting—through its
E-Journal Preservation Service. The articles represent content from
more than 287,000 volumes and more than one million journal issues.

This is a significant milestone for Portico and the library and
publisher community that supports digital preservation. "It is quite
remarkable to see the growth in the Portico archive over the last
eight years," commented Marilyn Geller, collection management
librarian of Lesley University, an early Portico participant. "When it
first started, the Portico system was an untested concept. But in the
ensuing years, the system has proven successful and the organization
has demonstrated that they can be trusted when unforeseen
circumstances happen. We couldn't be more pleased with Portico's
growth."

Portico developed out of an urgent need for the preservation of a
growing number of electronic journals. "As more journals moved online,
the community was facing a preservation problem we had never known
before," noted Craig Van Dyck, vice president of global content
management at Wiley. "Wiley was an early supporter of digital
preservation, and was engaged with Portico's development from the
early days. We knew a collaborative effort between publishers and
libraries was necessary to preserve this new medium, and Portico was
just the kind of third party that was needed."

Since 2005, the number of titles and types of content has grown
significantly, as has participation, which now exceeds 1,000 libraries
and publishers. Nearly 17,000 e-journals, more than 220,000 e-books,
and 72 digitized historical collections have been entrusted to Portico
for long-term preservation. The articles, books, and digital
collections currently preserved in the archive translate to nearly 415
million files and 60 terabytes of content.

"We continue to look for ways to extend our service to the community,"
said Kate Wittenberg, managing director, Portico. "The growth of the
archive underscores the demand for electronic content and the need to
securely preserve it."

About Portico

Portico is a digital preservation service for e-journals, e-books, and
digitized historical collections. More than 850 libraries and 220
publishers, representing thousands of professional and scholarly
societies, are preserving their content in the Portico archive to
ensure that the community's investment in digital content is
protected.