This event will bring together participants from all sectors and provide presentations from the library, publishing and systems communities to look at current practices in e-book delivery and how they might develop in the near future. Expert speakers will provide assessments of market trends and technologies and researchers will look at current evaluative studies on the take up of, and user reaction to, e-books and e-content generally.

This event will bring together participants from all sectors and provide presentations from the library, publishing and systems communities to look at current practices in e-book delivery and how they might develop in the near future. Expert speakers will provide assessments of market trends and technologies and researchers will look at current evaluative studies on the take up of, and user reaction to, e-books and e-content generally.

Conference on Scientific Publishing in the European Research Area: Access, Dissemination and Preservation in the Digital Age, Brussels, 16 February 2007

Conference on Scientific Publishing in the European Research Area: Access, Dissemination and Preservation in the Digital Age, Brussels, 16 February 2007

Conference on Scientific Publishing in the European Research Area: Access, Dissemination and Preservation in the Digital Age, Brussels, 16 February 2007

Access to research results has a significant role to play in driving innovation and maintaining the quality of research. Developments in digital technology challenge existing business models and practices for making research results available, and with open access research funding bodies are taking different approaches. The Commission has therefore launched on 15 February a policy document to examine how new digital technologies can be better used to increase access to research publications and data as an important driver for innovation in our increasingly knowledge-based economy. With this new approach, the Commission launches an EU-level framework to support new ways of promoting better access to scientific information online and to preserve research results digitally for future generations. The Commission's ideas are discussed at a major conference in Brussels on 15 and 16 February. This conference follows on from an expert study commissioned in 2006.

Access to research results has a significant role to play in driving innovation and maintaining the quality of research. Developments in digital technology challenge existing business models and practices for making research results available, and with open access research funding bodies are taking different approaches. The Commission has therefore launched on 15 February a policy document to examine how new digital technologies can be better used to increase access to research publications and data as an important driver for innovation in our increasingly knowledge-based economy. With this new approach, the Commission launches an EU-level framework to support new ways of promoting better access to scientific information online and to preserve research results digitally for future generations. The Commission's ideas are discussed at a major conference in Brussels on 15 and 16 February. This conference follows on from an expert study commissioned in 2006.