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CODATA / ERPANET International Archiving Workshop on the
Selection, Appraisal and Retention of Digital Scientific Data
Lisbon, Portugal
15th – 17th December 2003

ERPANET and CODATA are pleased to announce a joint International Archiving
Workshop on the Selection, Appraisal, and Retention of Scientific Data.
This three-day workshop, co-hosted by the Biblioteca Nacional, will be held
in Lisbon, Portugal, on the 15-17 December 2003.

The aim of the workshop is to identify and discuss the key scientific,
technical, management, and policy considerations for the successful
implementation of appraisal and selection guidelines and retention
policies. The workshop will also provide a networking opportunity for
participants to meet with other researchers, data managers, information
specialists, archivists, and science policy experts across disciplines and
national boundaries.

Benefits from Attendance
One of the major aims for this workshop is to provide and international
forum to exchange information about data archiving policies and practices
across different scientific, institutional, and national contexts. This
workshop is aimed at all people involved in the creation and management of
scientific data.

Programme and workshop focus
-opening: 15th December, 13:30
-overview of ERPANET and CODATA activities
-overview of selecting, appraising and retention of scientific data across
disciplines
-achieving the maximum potential scientific, economic and social benefits
from public investments in the long-term retention of scientific data
-exploring perspectives across different disciplines via case studies
-examining common/unique long-term appraisal and selection guidelines and
long-term retention policies
-successfully implementing scientific, technical, management, and policy
considerations
-closing: 17th December, 12:30

Workshop Format
During this 3-day workshop, disciplinary and interdisciplinary case studies
will focus on both the content creator and the end user perspectives. These
sessions will be followed by a general discussion of the case studies. A
plenary discussion will examine common/unique long-term appraisal and
selection guidelines and retention policies as well as scientific,
technical, management, and policy considerations for successful
implementation. Expert speakers include Meredith Lane (GBIF Secretariat,
Denmark), Francoise Genova (Observatoire de Strasbourg, France), Alex
Szalay (John Hopkins University, USA), Myron Gutmann (ICPSR, USA), Kevin
Schurer (UK Data Archive, UK) and John Faundeen (EDC, USA). The workshop
will also feature keynote addresses from Peter Weiss (National Weather
Service, USA), Dominique Foray (Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifiquè, France) and Bernard Smith (European Commission).

Venue
The venue is the Biblioteca Nacional at Campo Grande 83, 1749-081 Lisbon,
Portugal.

To Register
The registration fee is 150 Euros, to be paid in due time before the
workshop.

Register at www.erpanet.org
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