[Sigifp-l] Outcomes of EU conference on scientific publishing

[Michel J. Menou]

Found in Air-l thanks to Jeremy Hunsinger this piece which desserves 
broad circulation.
Apologies if you receive it several times
Michel

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>> > apologies for any cross-posting
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>> > dear all
>> >
>> > 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:
>> >
>> > 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
>> >
>> > 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
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> > 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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