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跨学科论坛，以促进对南部非洲发展共同体(南共体)区域可持续发展数字科学信息资源的长期保存和开放获取的更深入了解和要求。研讨会将于2005年9月5日至7日举行，将由设在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CODATA全国委员会和其他与国际科学理事会有关的组织共同组织。这次会议将借鉴以往在南非和其他发展中国家举行的一系列会议的成果，以及各国家科学院和其他组织以往关于卫生和环境领域数字信息保存和获取各方面问题的报告和活动的结果。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无障碍数字科学信息资源档案所需处理的各种科学、法律和政策、体制和经济以及管理和技术方面的问题。从美国科学界的角度来看，将重点放在南共体地区的永久访问政策和做法上，可能会改善美国研究人员与南共体国家研究人员之间未来合作活动中数据和信息资源的可用性。讲习班将使信息管理人员和专家、政策制定者和供资机构的代表齐聚一堂，使他们能够利用会议规划和启动未来的合作活动，从而引起对这些普遍未得到重视的问题的高级别关注。这次会议将为与会的美国专家和研究生提供一个极好的交流机会，也将为美国联邦科学机构与非洲同行就这些及相关领域的计划优先事项进行交流提供机会。

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.