US-Africa Workshop: Strategies for Permanent Access to Scientific Information in Southern Africa, September 5-7, 2005, Pretoria, South Afica

该讲习班将提供一个国际和跨学科论坛，以促进更深入地了解长期保存和开放获取数字科学信息资源的要求，促进南部非洲发展共同体（南共体）区域的可持续发展。该讲习班将于2005年9月5日至7日举行，由南非比勒陀利亚的国家研究基金会主办，并由美国国家科学院的美国CODATA全国委员会和与国际科学理事会有关的其他组织共同组织。这次会议将借鉴以前在南非和其他发展中国家举行的一系列会议的成果，以及国家科学院和其他组织关于在卫生和环境方面保存和获取数字信息的各个方面的以往报告和活动的调查结果。讲习班将利用全体会议和分组会议，详细探讨在南共体区域成功实施数字科学信息资源无障碍档案所需解决的各种科学、法律的和政策、体制和经济、管理和技术问题。从美国科学界的角度来看，在南部非洲发展共同体地区的永久访问政策和做法的重点可能会提高数据和信息资源的可用性，在美国研究人员和南部非洲发展共同体国家之间的未来合作活动。讲习班将使信息管理人员和专家、决策者和供资机构的代表聚集一堂，他们将能够利用这次会议来规划和发起未来的合作活动，从而引起对这些普遍未得到充分重视的问题的高级别注意。会议将为与会的美国专家和研究生提供一个极好的联网机会，也为美国联邦科学机构提供一个机会，就这些领域和相关领域的方案优先事项与非洲同行进行交流。

This workshop will provide an international and interdisciplinary forum to promote a deeper understanding of, and requirements for, long-term preservation of and open access to digital scientific information resources for sustainable development in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. The workshop, which will be held on 5-7 September 2005, will be hosted by the National Research Foundation in Pretoria, South Africa, and co-organized by the U.S. National Committee for CODATA at the U.S. National Academies, and other organizations associated with the International Council for Science. The meeting will build on the results of a series of previous meetings in South Africa and other developing countries, as well as on the findings of previous reports and activities of the National Academies and of other organizations on various aspects of digital information preservation and access in the health and environment contexts. The workshop will use both plenary and breakout sessions to explore in detail the various scientific, legal and policy, institutional and economic, and management and technical aspects that need to be addressed in successfully implementing accessible archives of digital scientific information resources in the SADC region. From the perspective of the U.S. scientific community, a focus on permanent access policies and practices in the SADC region may be expected to improve the availability of data and information resources in future cooperative activities between U.S. researchers and those in the SADC countries. The workshop will generate high-level attention to these generally under-appreciated problems by bringing together information managers and experts, policy makers, and representatives of funding institutions who will be able to use the meeting to plan and initiate future cooperative activities. The meeting will provide an excellent networking opportunity for the participating U.S. experts and graduate students, as well as an opportunity for U.S. federal science agencies to communicate with their African counterparts on programmatic priorities in these and related areas.