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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:

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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