About

The SAFE Private LOCKSS Network is an international distributed preservation network based on the LOCKSS technology. Using LOCKSS technology, short of Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe, we store digital assets in a private network on servers hosted by universities on multiple continents.

The SAFE PLN network creates multiple preservation copies of born-digital open-access collections currently hosted by 7 different institutions:

• Master and Ph.D. theses
• Academic publications
• Research data

See Collections for more information on the content.

Characteristics

The SAFE-PLN is based on the following principles:

• a light organizational structure based on a memorandum of understanding
• an international federation, not limited to a specific region, country or organization
• each partner keeps technical control over their collections (local technical administration)
• each partner can monitor its preserved content over the network
• budgets remain independent

For more information about Private LOCKSS Networks, visit LOCKSS website.

Contact

Don’t hesitate to contact us for additional information.

Image courtesy of Patrick Hochstenbach.