"Over the last 25 years or so, the majority of large
research libraries has transitioned from owning miles of shelves of bound
volumes containing scholarly journal back issues, to subscribing to that same
content in digital format. This has made archiving and preserving these digital
files, or e-journals, of critical importance to scholars. The Keepers Registry
is a collaborative effort committed to doing just that. Currently there are 12
participating agencies, including the Library of Congress, the British Library,
Cariniana Network, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and
the HathiTrust, among others. The aim of the registry is to make it easier to
see which archiving organization is taking responsibility for which e-journals,
and to make it possible for librarians and policy makers to more easily
identify e-journals that might be at risk. Since the beta version of the
registry launched in 2011, over 32,000 journals have been archived by at least
one of the participating archiving agencies. Follow The Keepers Registry blog at http://thekeepers.blogs.edina.ac.uk
for more news and updates."
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