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Seminar on Digital Preservation of the record of Science– state of the art Paris, France, February 14-15 2002 ICSTI, the International Council for Scientific and Technical Information, has been encouraging discussion, debate and actions on ensuring that the record of Science continues to preserved. With the progressive movement towards digital production and distribution of scientific information there is a risk that the record represented by this material will be lost. Although many of the parties concerned with digital production and distribution have taken measures to preserve the material the effort is diffused and overall co-ordination may be necessary. .... Many other bodies in the Science community, such as CODATA, IUPAP, ICSU, interests from the international standards arena, those concerned with the creation of “open archives” as well as the scientific publishing community both the traditional and the newer actors, are all involved in one sense or another with preservation. In addition the library community and the representatives of the history of science community are intimately concerned. While, as noted, many activities and initiatives are under way and research programmes are in progress, the cost of digital preservation can be significant and the need to avoid duplication of effort is paramount. The need for a federal approach to both the preservation process and access to the archives has been suggested; this requires co-ordination. ... ... The topics to be discussed will be of interest to: · authors and publishers of scientific information, in particular developers of newer digital methods; · those concerned with the short and long term storage and distribution of this material, librarians and archivists; · developers of computer systems for digital archiving; · those involved in the creation of national and international standards, as well as subject or data-type oriented codes of practise; · national and international representatives from the Science community, specifically the professional and other bodies with interests in science subjects; · representatives of the scientific data community. The meeting will be held at the premises of UNESCO, with the kind permission of the Assistant Director General for Science. There is no fee for attendance but neither UNESCO nor ICSTI is in a position to offer support for travel or accommodation. Further details from ICSTI [log in to unmask] or fax (in Paris) +33 1 42 15 12 62 Wendy Dr. Wendy A. Warr Wendy Warr & Associates, 6 Berwick Court Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, CW4 7HZ, England Tel/fax +44 (0) 1477 533837 [log in to unmask] http://www.warr.com