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Italian University Libraries Join Portico to Support Digital Preservation

Portico is pleased to announce that 30 academic libraries in Italy have begun participation in the Portico archive. These libraries joined Portico as part of a digital preservation initiative directed by the Italian Coordination for Access to Electronic Resources group (CARE). Established by the Permanent Conference of the Rectors of Italian Universities (CRUI) in 2005, CARE was created to coordinate and develop access and conservation of electronic resources for the Italian academic community. CARE is managed by representatives drawn from the three leading consortia in Italy (CASPUR-CIBER, CILEA and CIPE) and from other institutions across the country.

"Our university libraries are monuments to the preservation of scholarly materials," said Professor Alberto Sdralevich, Chairman of the CARE Group, "and I am very pleased that this group of 30 libraries from across CASPUR-CIBER, CILEA, and CIPE are able to advance their preservation work through Portico." Eileen Fenton, Executive Director of Portico noted, "We are delighted to be a part of the preservation strategy of the Italian academic library community. CARE's leadership in Italy highlights the value of a global community of libraries working cooperatively to accomplish digital preservation of electronic scholarly resources."

The Italian libraries join more than 460 libraries from 13 countries in supporting Portico and digital preservation. The complete list of participating libraries is available at http://www.portico.org/about/participating_libraries.html. For more information about Portico participation, please send an email to participation@portico.org. More information about CARE is available at http://www.crui-care.it.

Last updated on June 25, 2008