From: Kim Smilay <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 10:44:08 -0500 The CLOCKSS Archive is pleased to announce the participation of the American Entomological Society, Athabasca University Press, eLife, General Healthcare Inc., and Micronesica. Full announcements can be found at http://www.clockss.org/clockss/News ---- American Entomological Society AES President Jamie Cromartie said "The American Entomological Society is proud of its long record of significant publications in the field, dating back to the mid-eighteen hundreds. We are happy to become a part of a digital archive that will insure that our society's century and a half of work will be securely preserved and available to future students of the most diverse group of animals on Earth." About: The American Entomological Society is the oldest continuously operating entomological society in the Western Hemisphere, founded on March 1, 1859. The American Entomological Society (AES) supports entomological research, education and outreach. http://darwin.ansp.org/hosted/aes/index.html --- Athabasca University Press "AU Press welcomes this partnership with CLOCKSS, as we can now ensure the long term preservation of our scholarly content for our authors, as well as our current and future readers," said Kathy Killoh, Acting Director for Athabasca University Press. "CLOCKSS will allow us to provide accessibility in perpetuity, an important service for the fast changing digital world." About: Athabasca University Press is the centre of scholarly publishing expertise for Athabasca University, Canada's Open University. It is the first scholarly press to be established by a Canadian university in the twenty-first century. We are dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge and research through open access digital journals and monographs, as well as through new electronic media. http://www.aupress.ca --- eLife "This arrangement will ensure that eLife content is fully archived and permanently accessible," said Mark Patterson, eLife Executive Director. "CLOCKSS is a valuable initiative. We are pleased to work with CLOCKSS to guarantee the permanent availability of the important research published in eLife." About: eLife is an open-access journal formed via collaboration between three of the world's largest funders of scientific research; the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society, and the Wellcome Trust. The journal aims to communicate the most important advances in the life and biomedical sciences in the most effective way. http://www.elifesciences.org --- General Healthcare Inc. "To prepare for the publication of SPP, General Healthcare Inc. has decided to partner with CLOCKSS in order to contribute to the development of science and medicine in Asia," said Shinichiro Takezawa, CEO. "SPP is a comprehensive academic journal based on the concept that to promote Open-Science and industry-university cooperation. There are already more than 400 researchers to cooperate with peer review editing in the world." About: Science Postprint (SPP) was launched in Tokyo, Japan to promote medical and scientific information communication, and to contribute to the development of medicine and science. --- Micronesica "The most important reason for us to have CLOCKSS is because we publish new species descriptions and authors need to know that these will be permanently accessible" said Dr. Chris Lobban and Curt Fiedler, Editor. About: Micronesica is a regional journal, geographically focused, and categorically limited to the sciences of anthropology, botany, and zoology. It has established a reputation as a vital venue and repository for information on the natural sciences in Micronesia. The peer-reviewed articles are of lasting value, documenting flora, fauna, and the natural history of the human populations on islands undergoing rapid changes. Micronesica also provides a vehicle for authors from outside the region to bring their results back to the region while having them available worldwide. http://www.uog.edu/up/micronesica/home.asp *******