Global LOCKSS Network
Local custody of electronic journals and books for post-cancellation access, post-disappearance access, and failover access, at 80 libraries and counting.
Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe.
The LOCKSS Program at Stanford Libraries provides open-source technologies and services for high-confidence, resilient, secure digital preservation.
Seven reasons why communities and organizations choose to use the LOCKSS Program's software and services. Why LOCKSS
We can help you set up, integrate, and manage LOCKSS technologies, to reach your digital preservation goals. Use LOCKSS
Capable and committed communities are every bit as vital to long-term digital preservation as technology. Join LOCKSS
Local custody of electronic journals and books for post-cancellation access, post-disappearance access, and failover access, at 80 libraries and counting.
A community-led collaboration of academic publishers and research libraries around the world, working together to ensure the long-term survival of our shared intellectual heritage.
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The LOCKSS Program engineers and maintains open-source software for distributed digital preservation. We have been serving libraries and memory organizations for over two decades.
The LOCKSS software empowers a diverse array of distributed digital preservation collaborations built around LOCKSS networks. We operate the Global LOCKSS Network, we power CLOCKSS, and we support many others.
The LOCKSS Program and its partner organizations offer a vibrant support network and community of practice for end users, system administrators, software developers, publishers, and publishing technology providers.