COPPUL Private LOCKSS Network recognized by CACUL award

COPPUL is pleased to announce that its Private LOCKSS Network (PLN) is the co-recipient of the 2010 CACUL Innovation Achievement Award. CACUL (Canadian Association of College and University Libraries) is a division of the Canadian Library Association.

The award recognizes institutions that have contributed to the development and advancement of academic librarianship through innovative programs, services, projects, or events. COPPUL is sharing the 2010 award with the Islandora Project at the University of Prince Edward Island.

The COPPUL PLN is a distributed digital preservation system that archives collections of local significance that are not being preserved by other means. LOCKSS (“Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe”) is an open source system that allows libraries to collect, store, preserve, and provide persistent access to their own local copy of authorized content they have purchased.

More information on the award is available at: http://www.cla.ca/AM/TemplateRedirect.cfm?template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=9308

Congratulations to the PLN Steering Committee for its success with the project!