Chapter 4 · Countering Enclosure: Reclaiming the Knowledge Commons
Library-controlled distributed copying system for preserving journal and web content.
Printed pages 100, 120 · direct · distributed preservation system · evidence in narrative
PC-0179 · generation 0 · Commons Projects
LOCKSS
Library-controlled distributed copying system for preserving journal and web content.
distributed preservation systemBook evidenceChecked 2026-07-28
At a glance
- Directory scope
- Commons Projects
- Candidate tier
- Core candidate
- Role in the book
- direct
- Book portrayal
- operating at book date
- Book evidence
- Ch. 4, pp. 100, 120 | Ch. 6, pp. 157-159, 166
- Current verification
- Active at new url · checked 2026-07-28
Current evidence state
Active at new url. The distributed digital preservation program remains active.
Current home
Operator or parent
LOCKSS Program, Stanford Libraries
Verification basis · HIGH · checked 2026-07-28
Commons anatomy
What kind of work is this?
distributed preservation system
What did it provide?
Library-controlled distributed copying system for preserving journal and web content. Stanford library-controlled caching network for resilient journal preservation.
Governance and sustainability
LOCKSS Program, Stanford Libraries is recorded as the current operator or parent.
Preservation
The book record contains archive, library, repository, or preservation-relevant language. A current preservation endpoint remains an open field awaiting direct source evidence.
As documented in the book
This section presents source-grounded summaries with the book’s chapter and pagination. Present-day status appears in its own evidence layer.
Chapter 6 · Preserving the Knowledge Commons
Stanford library-controlled caching network for resilient journal preservation.
Printed pages 157-159, 166 · direct · distributed preservation system · evidence in narrative
Sources and pointers
- Charlotte Hess and Elinor Ostrom, eds., Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice ↗Generation-0 source · Ch. 4, pp. 100, 120 | Ch. 6, pp. 157-159, 166
- www.lockss.stanford.edu ↗Exact book-printed pointer. Historical layer.
- www.lockss.org ↗Current verification source · checked 2026-07-28
- www.lockss.org/about ↗Current verification source · checked 2026-07-28
- www.lockss.org/about/history ↗Current verification source · checked 2026-07-28
Related by book type
This generated list uses the shared normalized book type distributed preservation system. It does not yet assert a sourced project-to-project relationship.
This record currently has an open connection field.