From: "Randy S. Kiefer" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:54:24 -0400 The CLOCKSS Archive Is Pleased to Announce the Participation of Four New Publishers in Its Digital Preservation Archive: PeerJ, Future Science Group, American Society of Plant Biologists, and Channel View Publications PeerJ Link: http://www.clockss.org/clockss/News#PeerJ “PeerJ believes that scientific journal articles are some of the most valuable publications our society creates. As a result, it is essential to correctly archive them for future generations, and to protect the integrity of the scientific record. PeerJ is committed to secure archiving, and so we are pleased to announce this agreement with CLOCKSS” said Peter Binfield, Co Founder and Publisher of PeerJ. About PeerJ: PeerJ is an Open Access scholarly publisher in the Biological and Medical Sciences. Authors at PeerJ purchase a low-cost lifetime membership, which gives them the ability to publish their Open Access articles for free, for life. The company has two publications - a journal named “PeerJ” and a preprint server called “PeerJ PrePrints.” PeerJ is based in San Francisco, CA and London, UK and will receive its first submissions in Summer 2012, with first publications following by the end of 2012. See: http://peerj.com ---- Future Science Group Link: http://www.clockss.org/clockss/News#Future FSG Publisher, Elisa Manzotti, said “The Future Science Group is delighted to partner with the CLOCKSS Archive to ensure absolutely the availability of the valuable contributions of our authors for posterity.” About the Future Science Group: The London-based Future Science Group (FSG) is an alliance of three sister imprints – Expert Reviews Ltd, Future Medicine Ltd, and Future Science Ltd. FSG provides research professionals and clinicians with a unique source of objective, cutting-edge information on emerging and evolving trends in science and medicine. See www.future-science-group.com for more information. ---- American Society of Plant Biologists Link: http://www.clockss.org/clockss/News#ASPB “ASPB has long understood that its job as a publisher extends beyond the day-to-day business of producing journals and includes the vital responsibility of ensuring the long-term preservation of and access to our content,” says ASPB Executive Director Dr. Crispin Taylor. We are therefore delighted that CLOCKSS is becoming a key plank in our archiving strategy – even while we trust that users will never actually need to access our journal content via the CLOCKSS Archive!” About ASPB: The American Society of Plant Biologists was founded in 1924 to promote the growth and development of plant biology, to encourage and publish research in plant biology, and to promote the interests and growth of plant scientists in general. Over the decades the Society has evolved and expanded to provide a forum for molecular and cellular biology as well as to serve the basic interests of plant science. It publishes the highly cited and respected journals Plant Physiology and The Plant Cell. Membership spans six continents, and members work in such diverse areas as academia, government laboratories, and industrial and commercial environments. The Society also has a large student membership. ASPB plays a key role in uniting the international plant science disciplines. http://my.aspb.org ---- Channel View Publications Link: http://www.clockss.org/clockss/News#Channel “Channel View Publications Ltd. and its imprint Multilingual Matters are delighted to collaborate with CLOCKSS to ensure that our ebook titles are archived and safe for the future” said Tommi Grover, Managing Director. About Channel View Publications Ltd.: Channel View Publications is an international, independent academic publisher based in the UK. We publish work on tourism and sustainability as Channel View Publications, and on multilingualism, language learning, translation and creative writing pedagogy as Multilingual Matters. http://www.multilingual-matters.com ****