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.editorArnold, Robyn
dc.contributor.editorAnderson, William
dc.contributor.editorUhlir, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-17T19:38:49Z
dc.date.available2010-03-17T19:38:49Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThe 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.formatTexten
dc.format.extent1 digital file (63 p.)en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/42359
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCODATA Task Group on the Preservation of and Access to S&T Data in Developing Countriesen
dc.subjectSOUTH AFRICAen
dc.subjectACCESS TO INFORMATIONen
dc.subjectSCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATIONen
dc.subjectACCESS TO KNOWLEDGEen
dc.subjectCAPACITY BUILDINGen
dc.subjectINFORMATION EXCHANGEen
dc.titleStrategies 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 Africaen
dc.typeWorkshop Reporten
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.project.number103371
idrc.project.titleRegional Dialogue on the Information Society Network (Latin America and the Caribbean)en
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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