Just a reminder about tomorrow’s conference call on the LOCKSS/Portico distributed auditing.  It will be good to have your thoughts on some potential new developments with Portico and LOCKSS. 

The call will be at noon Central time.  Call in information is as follows: 

Please call in on 866-846-3997, the pass code is 103012.

Many thanks to Cory, Jennifer and Barbara for their responses to the eleven questions.  (You can view them at:  http://darchives.crl.edu/display/DADR/Survey+--+Eleven+Quick+Questions.)

I look forward to speaking with you.

Bernie

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From: Bernie Reilly
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 4:44 PM
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Subject: CRL digital repository analysis

Greetings.  A few months back we invited you to be part of a small, informal group to explore the benefits and costs of the various e-journal preservation solutions http://darchives.crl.edu/display/DADR/Reports , by sharing information about the performance and costs of services such as LOCKSS, Portico, and consortium-based hosting of e-journals and other electronic content.  We posted eleven survey questions about LOCKSS and Portico for you to answer at http://darchives.crl.edu/display/DADR/Survey+--+Eleven+Quick+Questions.

We would like to move ahead on this effort and so ask that you respond to the survey questions, if you haven't already, as appropriate to your situation, by July 30. (Please answer each question by using the "Reply to This" button.) Your answers will be visible only to the other members of our informal group http://darchives.crl.edu/display/DADR/Group+Members

There will be a conference call to discuss the responses and decide on next steps on Wednesday August 27 at noon, Central Standard Time. Please let me know whether you can participate.  

Many thanks.

Bernie

Bernard F. Reilly

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