Download or read book Strategies for Preservation of and Open Access to Scientific Data in China written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-10-08 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preservation of and open access to digital scientific resources are essential to global research, yet the challenges in storing and maintaining access to these collections are substantial. China faces major hurdles in this regard. A workshop held in June 2004 in Beijing convened scientific information managers, digital archiving experts, national science policy and funding officials, and representatives of development organizations to explore the scientific and technical, legal and policy, institutional and economic, and management aspects of creating sustainable and accessible archives of digital health and environmental data in China.