Strategies for Permanent Access to Scientific Information in Southern Africa : Focus on Health and Environmental Information for Sustainable Development; An International Workshop (workshop report), 5-7 September 2005, CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa
dc.contributor.editor | Arnold, Robyn | |
dc.contributor.editor | Anderson, William | |
dc.contributor.editor | Uhlir, Paul | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-03-17T19:38:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-03-17T19:38:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.description.abstract | The workshop focused on issues related to sustainable development and the current status of practices for sharing and archiving scientific information resources related to sustainable development in the SADC region, with specific reference to health and biomedical data, earth and environmental science data, and scientific, technical and medical literature. Discussions also centred on scientific, legal and policy, institutional and economic, as well as management and technical factors related to providing permanent access to digital scientific information resources. Recommendations generated discipline-specific actions as well as broader and longer term actions. | en |
dc.format | Text | en |
dc.format.extent | 1 digital file (63 p.) | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10625/42359 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | CODATA Task Group on the Preservation of and Access to S&T Data in Developing Countries | en |
dc.subject | SOUTH AFRICA | en |
dc.subject | ACCESS TO INFORMATION | en |
dc.subject | SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION | en |
dc.subject | ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE | en |
dc.subject | CAPACITY BUILDING | en |
dc.subject | INFORMATION EXCHANGE | en |
dc.title | Strategies for Permanent Access to Scientific Information in Southern Africa : Focus on Health and Environmental Information for Sustainable Development; An International Workshop (workshop report), 5-7 September 2005, CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa | en |
dc.type | Workshop Report | en |
idrc.dspace.access | IDRC Only | en |
idrc.project.number | 103371 | |
idrc.project.title | Regional Dialogue on the Information Society Network (Latin America and the Caribbean) | en |
idrc.rims.adhocgroup | IDRC SUPPORTED | en |
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