Archiving Initiatives Worldwide

UKRR – UK Research Reserve >>
Great Britain
Strategic programme set up to tackle the challenge of space shortage and to preserve access to print journals. Funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) it is a collaboration between the British Library and 30+ Higher Education institutions.
Contact: Deborah Shorley and Daryl Yang

CollEx >>
France
Programme of CTLes, the only repository library in France, designed to enhance national Centers of Excellence spread all over France in extension to the original facility for centralized storage.
Contact: Jean-Louis Baraggioli and Bernadette Patte

GEPA – Guaranteed Space for the Preservation of Access >>
Catalonia, Spain
The collaborative off-campus print repository in Catalonia using former infantry barracks for storage.
Contact: Santi Balagué