Conference on
Open Access to the Data and Results of the Sciences and Humanities
20 - 22 Oct 2003, Berlin
http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/index.html
The 3-day conference aims to bring together key players from national
and international research organizations, learned societies, museums,
archives, libraries and research funding agencies and political
institutions, commercial and non-for profit publishing services
concerned about the future of scientific e-publishing and scholarly
communication. The declared aim of the meeting is to provide guidance to
all players involved on how to help build a future-proof, flexible,
open, and high-quality scholarly and scientific publishing system.
* Prepare the transformation of all areas of research from the print
into the electronic world.
* Establish an open-access policy on the Internet for scientific
information, including cultural heritage.
* Define future models for web-based scientific/scholarly
communication and publishing and for making cultural heritage accessible
on the Web.
* Provide blueprints on how to make publishing alternatives work in
a sustainable way.
* Encourage funding agencies and research organizations to support
the creation and implementation of open access models for scientific
publishing.
* Encourage funding agencies and research organizations to support
the transfer of existing content both from science and culture to the
new medium.
* Define prerequisites for a future Web of Culture and Science.
Contact
Dr. Stefan Echinger
Head of the Division Strategic Planning
Max Planck Society
echinger_at_mpg-gv.mpg.de
Tel: +49 (0) 89 - 21 08 - 14 30 or - 14 31
Theresa Velden
Heinz Nixdorf Center for Information Management
in the Max Planck Society (ZIM)
velden_at_zim.mpg.de
Tel: +49 (0) 89 - 32 99 - 15 51
Received on Mon Sep 08 2003 - 02:21:32 BST