Digital Libraries Initiative :: Consultation on Scientific Information
Consultation on scientific information in the digital age
Title
Consultation on scientific information in the digital age
Policy field(s)
Research and innovation, information society
Target group(s)
All citizens and organisations concerned with access to and preservation of digital scientific information are welcome to contribute to this consultation. Contributions are particularly sought from governments, research institutions and universities, libraries, scientific publishers, research funding organisations, businesses, individual researchers and other interested parties.
Period of consultation
From 08.07.2011 to 02.09.2011
Objective of the consultation
In late 2011, the European Commission intends to adopt a Communication and
Recommendation on access to and preservation of digital scientific information.
This initiative builds on earlier policy developments in this area, and is being
developed within the policy contexts of the EU Flagship Initiatives Innovation
Union and Digital Agenda for Europe, and of the push for improved knowledge
circulation in the European Research Area.
The Communication will take stock of the developments in the area of scientific
information, and set out the actions that the Commission intends to take on open
access to publications and data in the context of research projects funded by
the Union budget. The Recommendation will detail specific actions to be taken at
Member State level.
Consultation of interested parties forms part of the policy process. The purpose
of this open consultation is to gather information from as many sources as
possible. The consultation will feed into the development of possible policy
options to be considered, and will contribute to the ex-ante impact assessment
that will be carried out.
How to submit your contribution
We welcome contributions from all concerned parties via this online questionnaire.
View the questionnaire
Online questionnaire PDF version of the questionnaire
Link to the online questionnaire
Reference documents and relevant links
Innovation Union – COM(2010) 546 (2010)
A Digital Agenda for Europe - COM (2010) 545 (2010)
EU Council Conclusions on scientific information (2007)
Open access in the 7th Framework Programme
Contact details
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Unit
B.6, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium
E-mail: RTD-SCIENTIFIC-PUBLICATION@ec.europa.eu
View the contributions
Results of the consultation will be available here in autumn 2011.
Results of consultation and next steps
A summary of received contributions and a list of contributors (name and organisation/affiliation) will be published on the Internet. See the specific statement attached below for information on how your personal data and contribution will be dealt with.
Personal Data Protection
Rules on Personal Data protection