[okfn-discuss] FW: Keeping the Records of Science Accessible: Can We Afford It?

Wed Nov 19 18:38:06 UTC 2008

Cross posting here.

This could prove a very influential move in terms of the strategic
co-ordination of effort across communities seeking coherent approaches
to data management and preservation.

Non Scantlebury

Head of Research and Innovation

The Open University Library and Learning Resources Centre

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It?

Apologies for any cross-posting

The Alliance for Permanent Access has just completed its annual
conference (Budapest, 4 November) : this year the theme was the
economics of archiving scientific data.

The Alliance's international membership includes strategic partners from
the research community, libraries, publishers, and digital preservation
organisations. Participants called upon the Alliance to act as an
umbrella organisation to secure sustainable funding for permanent access
in Europe.

A comprehensive conference report (complete with photographs conveying
the atmosphere!), together with the powerpoint presentations, abstracts
and authors' biographies is now available online at
http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.eu/index.php?id=3 

Neil Beagrie

Charles Beagrie Ltd

Digital Access and Preservation

Management and Research Consultancy

Website: www.beagrie.com <http://www.beagrie.com/> 

Blog: www.blog.beagrie.com

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