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 _____________ Sarah Glasser Director, Global Product Marketing ITHAKA Tel: 212-358-6419 [log in to unmask] 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.