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

Fri Jul 20 14:52:30 UTC 2012

FYI I've just written a short piece on this for the Guardian Datablog -
including a nod to the science working group:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/jul/20/data-science-public-open-knowledge?mobile-redirect=false

We'll repost it on main OKFN blog shortly!

All the best,

Jonathan

On Tuesday, July 17, 2012, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Gray
>>
>> Community Coordinator
>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>> http://www.okfn.org
>>
>> http://twitter.com/jwyg
>
>
>
> --
> 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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