From: Sarah Glasser <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:01:12 +0000

With apologies for cross-posting…

Portico and the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL) today
announced a historic 10-year consortium-wide agreement that brings all
CSAL primary member libraries in as Portico participants.

By joining Portico, Swiss libraries and the communities they serve can
be assured of enduring access to the academic e-journals and e-books
they have invested in. The agreement covers the state universities in
Switzerland, the Federal Institutes of Technology Domain, as well as
the Universities of Applied Sciences and the Swiss National Library.

Dr. Rafael Ball, Library Director at ETH Zurich and project manager of
CSAL said, “This ten-year collaboration...emphasizes the importance
that Swiss Universities, the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology
Domain, and other major research institutions have placed in adopting
a nationwide strategy for the long-term preservation of e-resources.
Securing continued and complete access to e-resources is fundamental
for successful research and education in Switzerland. By concluding
the license with Portico, we have reached a milestone.”

CSAL joins more than 900 other libraries from 21 countries that
participate in Portico. In addition to the support of libraries, more
than 400 publishers—representing over 2,000 societies and
associations—participate in Portico. The Portico archive now holds 1.2
billion files, representing more than 470,000 e-books and 62 million
articles from over 22,000 e-journals. More information is available at
www.portico.org.

View the full announcement here:
http://www.portico.org/digital-preservation/news-events/news/consortium-of-swiss-academic-libraries-joins-portico

Kind regards,

Sarah Glasser

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Sarah Glasser
Director, Global Product Marketing
ITHAKA
Tel: 212-358-6419
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ITHAKA (www.ithaka.org) is a not-for-profit organization that helps
the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the
scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable
ways. We provide innovative services that benefit higher education,
including Ithaka S+R, JSTOR, and Portico.