[open-science] European Commission adopts Communication and Recommendation on access to and preservation of scientific information

Tue Jul 17 18:11:22 UTC 2012

Just to add to this: there is lots of great stuff in here, in the
various PDFs attached to the 'background' page.

J.

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From:  <RTD-SCIENTIFIC-PUBLICATION at ec.europa.eu>
> Date: Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:10 PM
> Subject: European Commission adopts Communication and Recommendation
> on access to and preservation of scientific information
> To: RTD-SCIENTIFIC-PUBLICATION at ec.europa.eu
>
>
> Dear friends of open access,
>
> We are happy to announce that the European Commission has today
> outlined measures to improve access to scientific knowledge produced
> in Europe. Better access to EU-funded scientific papers and data will
> make it easier for researchers and businesses to build on the results
> of publicly-funded research. This will boost Europe's innovation
> capacity and give citizens quicker access to scientific discoveries.
>
> The Communication sets out open access policy objectives for the
> research funded by the Commission through Horizon 2020. An
> accompanying Recommendation provides a policy framework for improving
> access to a preservation of scientific information in EU Member
> States.
>
> For more information take a look at
>
> http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/open_access
>
> (click on "background" to access the documents)
>
> Feel free to contact us at RTD-SCIENTIFIC-PUBLICATION at ec.europa.eu if
> you have any questions.
>
> Best regards,
>
> The Open Access team
>
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>
> --
> Jonathan Gray
>
> Community Coordinator
> The Open Knowledge Foundation
> http://www.okfn.org
>
> http://twitter.com/jwyg

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Jonathan Gray

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