Category Archives: News
UKLA Roundup: May 2014
The May 2014 roundup from the UK LOCKSS Alliance support service is now available. In this roundup we highlight availability of UKLA membership pricing for 2014 – 2015, news about LOCKSS software and content, and report on Vicky Reich and David Rosenthal winning the LITA/Hi Tech Award for … Continue reading
UKLA Roundup: January 2014
The January 2014 roundup from the UK LOCKSS Alliance support service is now available. This roundup highlights recent activity around Private LOCKSS Networks, notably highlighting the growing community activity with other PLNs in the form of monthly tele-conference calls. If you’d like … Continue reading
UKLA Roundup: October 2013
The October 2013 roundup from the UK LOCKSS Alliance support service is now available. This roundup highlights ongoing system and content development, and keeps members informed of the activities of EDINA and other UKLA members. This roundup comprises a detailed look at new … Continue reading
New experimental features in LOCKSS
The LOCKSS development team have been working hard over the summer to implement new functionality to assist collection administration and management. Three new experimental features are available for use. Note, these new features are being tested by the user community … Continue reading
UKLA Roundup: September 2013
The September 2013 roundup from the UK LOCKSS Alliance support service is now available. This roundup highlights ongoing system and content development, and keeps members informed of the activities of EDINA and other UKLA members. The roundup includes: A summary of sources … Continue reading
UKLA Breakout Sessions at UKSG
Last week, the annual UKSG Conference was held in Bournemouth, England. The conference programme includes a mixture of plenary, lightning talks, and breakout sessions. Together with Fred Guy, project manager of the Keepers Registry, I jointly presented a breakout session … Continue reading
UKLA Case Studies now available
The UK LOCKSS Alliance has published three case studies exploring the benefits of the LOCKSS approach for e-journal preservation. The case studies confirm the value of the LOCKSS approach: with an alternative source of supply under library control, the LOCKSS approach gives academics and librarians … Continue reading
UKLA Roundup: November 2012
The November 2012 roundup from the UK LOCKSS Alliance support service is now available. This roundup highlights ongoing system and content development, and keeps members informed of the activities of EDINA and other UKLA members. If you have comments, queries, or suggestions for … Continue reading
LOCKSS Program endorses the KBART Recommended Practice
We are pleased to announce that the LOCKSS program now publicly endorses the KBART Recommended Practice. Details of the LOCKSS KBART-compliant knowledge base can be found on the KBART Contacts Registry, annotated with a KBART logo to indicate our UKSG-verified … Continue reading
UKLA Roundup: August 2012
The August 2012 roundup from the UK LOCKSS Alliance support service is now available. The intention of this roundup is to highlight ongoing system and content development, and to keep members informed of the activities of EDINA and other UKLA members. Please … Continue reading