New archiving deals guarantees enduring accessibility to University of Chicago Press Journals

["Suzanne Wu" <sw@press.uchicago.edu>]

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For Immediate Release: April 12, 2006
Contact: Suzanne Wu / 773-834-0386 / swu@press.uchicago.edu

New archiving deals guarantees enduring accessibility to 
University of Chicago Press Journals

The journals division of the University of Chicago Press has 
signed a key archiving agreement with Portico, an electronic 
archiving service launched last year with funding from JSTOR, The 
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ithaka, and The Library of Congress. 
The agreement secures long-term preservation and ongoing access 
to the University of Chicago Press Journals electronic content.

The University of Chicago Press has long been a leader in the 
area of permanent e-journal preservation and an advocate of 
publisher responsibility for digital archiving. By signing this 
new agreement with Portico, the University of Chicago Press 
further safeguards the research from its award-winning journals, 
ensuring reliable access for generations to come.

"The agreement with Portico bolsters our commitment to our 
readers and publishing partners that the highest-quality research 
be made available to the widest possible audience - including 
future scholars, researchers, and students," said Kate Duff, 
Licensing & Permissions Manager of University of Chicago Press 
Journals. "It is just one of several provisions we are taking to 
ensure our electronic content is both preserved and usable in the 
face of constantly evolving technology."

University of Chicago Press's collaboration with Portico 
coincides with a recent matching grant from the Library of 
Congress made to Portico. The three million dollar award from the 
Library of Congress' National Digital Information Infrastructure 
and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) will assist Portico in their 
economic model and technical infrastructure building efforts. The 
grant from the NDIIPP is part of Library of Congress' efforts to 
achieve permanent archives of digital materials.

The University of Chicago Press was established in 1891, making 
it one of the oldest continuously operating university presses in 
the United States. The Journals Division currently publishes 
forty-three leading journals and five annuals in the fields of 
social sciences, humanities, biological and medical sciences, and 
the physical sciences.

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Suzanne Wu
Public Relations Coordinator
Journals Division
The University of Chicago Press
swu@press.uchicago.edu
www.journals.uchicago.edu