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dear all the recent EU Council Conclusions on scientific information in the digital age: access, dissemination and preservation makes a number of important statements on digital preservation for scientific publications and data. See press release and abstract below. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/intm/97236.pdf This invites EU member States to: 3. Ensure the long term preservation of scientific information - including publications and data - and pay due attention to scientific information in national preservation strategies by: defining a structured approach to the long term preservation of scientific information and incorporating this approach in national plans for digital preservation established in line with the Commission Recommendation of 24 August 2006 and Council Conclusions of 13 November 2006 on online accessibility to cultural material and digital preservation; taking into account the specific characteristics of scientific information when setting up the legislative framework (including legal deposit) or practical set-up for digital preservation. and invites the European Commission itself to: Support experiments and infrastructures with a cross-border added-value for access to and preservation of scientific information by: co-funding of research infrastructures, in particular by linking digital repositories at European level and co-funding research on digital preservation within FP7; supporting experiments with open access with a clear cross-border added value. 2007 onwards ****************************************************************************** ******* Neil Beagrie FRSA publications: www.beagrie.com The British Library, url: www.bl.uk 96 Euston Road, email: [log in to unmask] London NW1 2DB Tel/Fax/Voicemail :+44 (0)709 2048179 ****************************************************************************** *******