[Air-l] Fwd: Communications from the EU Scientific Publishing conference

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

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> dear all
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> the recent conference on scientific publishing in Europe will be of  
> considerable interest to the lists given several comments devoted  
> to digital preservation. Further information on the conference  
> below. In addition you may be interested in 2 documents mentioned  
> during the conference:
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> The BRUSSELS DECLARATION ON STM PUBLISHING by the international  
> scientific, technical and medical (STM) publishing community is of  
> significant interest given its references to data archiving and  
> digital preservation - see
> http://www.stm-assoc.org/documents-statements-public-co/2007% 
> 20BRUSSELS%20DECLARATION%20130207.pdf
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> The COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,  
> THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
> COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE: ACCESS,  
> DISSEMINATION AND PRESERVATION  issued at the conference is also of  
> considerable interest given its coverage of digital preservation see
> http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ 
> digital_libraries/doc/scientific_information/communication_en.pdf
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> Janez Potocnik, the European Commissioner for Science and Research  
> announced at the beginning of a two-day conference in Brussels  
> focusing on scientific publishing in Europe that the European  
> Commission has set aside €50m this year to support the  
> establishment of digital repositories for storing scientific data.
> In addition a further €25m is being made available for digital  
> preservation in 2007, while €10m is to be given by the commission's  
> "eContentplus" programme to improve interoperability of and  
> multilingual access to collections of scientific material.
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> The commission formally launched a new policy communication (see  
> above) aimed at examining how digital technologies can be used to  
> increase access to research publications and data.The commission  
> believes that easier access to scientific data has a significant  
> role to play in driving innovation and maintaining the quality of  
> research across Europe."The digital revolution has dramatically  
> improved the way in which scientific information is spread," said  
> Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and  
> Media. "But it also raises new questions about how to preserve  
> scientific information for the future. Today's strategy outlines  
> how Europe can best capitalise on the excellent work of its  
> researchers." It warns that online access does not guarantee its  
> future availability because digital information has a limited  
> lifetime and needs to be maintained over time.Therefore, the  
> commission says better tools are needed to ensure digital  
> preservation to prevent the loss of important scientific  
> information."New ideas are usually built on the results of previous  
> research," added Potocnik. "We must make sure that the flow of  
> scientific information contributes to innovation and research  
> excellence in the European Research Area."
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jeremy hunsinger
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