From: Marita LaMonica <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 17:29:22 -0500

Knowledge Unlatched to Preserve E-books with Portico

Knowledge Unlatched and Portico have entered into an agreement to
preserve Knowledge Unlatched’s Pilot Collection of Open Access e-books
in the Portico Archive.

“We want to ensure libraries that this content will be available to
researchers and students for the long term,” stated Frances Pinter,
executive director, Knowledge Unlatched. “To that end, we are
delighted to offer preservation of these books in Portico.”

The Knowledge Unlatched Pilot Collection includes 28 new books from 13
recognized scholarly publishers: Amsterdam University Press,
Bloomsbury Academic, Brill, Cambridge University Press, De Gruyter,
Duke University Press, Edinburgh University Press, Liverpool
University Press, Manchester University Press, Purdue University
Press, Rutgers University Press, Temple University Press, and
University of Michigan Press.

“Portico is excited to partner with Knowledge Unlatched for its
pilot,” stated Kate Wittenberg, managing director, Portico. “I am
pleased that preservation is a critical part of this initiative and
that we are able to provide an important service.”

About Knowledge Unlatched

Knowledge Unlatched is a collaborative, not-for-profit initiative
based in London. By working with libraries, publishers, researcher
funders, and foundations, Knowledge Unlatched seeks to make scholarly
books freely available to readers on an open access license, while
retaining the best aspects of the existing publishing system. The
initiative enables libraries to work together to reach a sustainable
open future for specialist academic books. Our vision is a healthy
market that includes free access for end users.

About Portico

Portico is a digital preservation service for electronic journals,
books, and digitized historical collections. The Portico archive has
been certified as a “trustworthy digital repository” by the Center for
Research Libraries. Portico is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit
organization with a mission to help the academic community use digital
technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research
and teaching in sustainable ways.