First ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation Awarded to CLOCKSS
From: Lauren Corbett <lcorbet_at_emory.edu>
First ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation Awarded to CLOCKSS
ALCTS is proud to announce the CLOCKSS initiative as the inaugural
winner of the ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation. CLOCKSS
(Controlled LOCKSS), a not-for-profit partnership, leverages the
contributions of key members of the scholarly communications
community. Building on the widely-used LOCKSS system and working
outside the limitations of business models or current technology,
CLOCKSS is creating a distributed, validated, platform-neutral archive
to ensure the long-term preservation of digitally published scholarly
materials. CLOCKSS benefits everyone regardless of their ability to
pay. By working together to develop and govern the archive, CLOCKSS is
a shared solution to one of the most significant challenges of the
digital era.
The ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation recognizes and encourages
collaborative problem-solving efforts in the areas of acquisition,
access, management, preservation or archiving of library materials. It
recognizes a demonstrated benefit from actions, services, or products
that improve and benefit providing and managing library collections.
The citation may be presented to two or more individuals or groups who
have participated jointly in an appropriate achievement.
Accomplishments that expose problems may be as valuable as successes.
The citation will be presented in a year when an achievement of merit
has occurred. Recognized forms of collaboration must be between
library personnel and other individuals or groups such as: publishers,
vendors, cultural organizations, government agencies, philanthropic
organizations, and the like. Results of a collaborative effort must
demonstrate advancement in collection management or technical services
working environments.
The citation will be presented to Victoria Reich at the ALCTS Awards
Ceremony on Sunday, June 24 at 4:00PM at the American Library
Association Annual Conference in Washington D.C.
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Lauren Corbett
Head of Acquisitions
Emory University -- Woodruff Library
ph: 404 712 1818
fax: 404 727 0408
email: lcorbet_at_emory.edu
Received on Fri Mar 23 2007 - 01:54:46 EDT