Follow up of EC-commissioned "Study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publication markets in Europe"

[<Celina.RAMJOUE@cec.eu.int>]

Many thanks for your replies and suggestions on the recently 
published synthesis of the public consultation responses to the 
"Study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific 
publication markets in Europe".

In response to the concerns raised, the European Commission is 
very attentive to the views and opinions of the researchers. The 
research community will be represented at the 15-16 February 2007 
conference alongside other stakeholders, as is appropriate for 
the issues that will be addressed.

Celina Ramjoue
European Commission, Research Directorate-General
Science, Economy and Society Directorate - Governance and Ethics Unit
celina.ramjoue@ec.europa.eu
rtd-scientific-publication@ec.europa.ec

-----Original Message-----
From: RAMJOUE Celina (RTD)
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006
Subject: Follow up of EC-commissioned "Study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publication markets in Europe"

Dear colleagues,

As some of you know, the European Commission's Research 
Directorate-General recently commissioned a "Study on the 
economic and technical evolution of the scientific publication 
markets in Europe" 
(http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/pdf/scientific-publication-study_en.pdf). 
This Study by the Universite libre de Bruxelles and the 
Universite des Sciences Sociales (Toulouse) was published in 
early 2006 and led to a public consultation, to which many of you 
contributed.

Today, I am happy to be able to inform you that the synthesis of 
the responses to the consultation and the individual 
contributions received are available online:

Synthesis of contributions: 
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/synthesis-consultation_en.pdf

Individual contributions: 
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/page_en.cfm?id=3186

The next steps planned by the European Commission are a 
Communication on scientific information issues (late 2006)and a 
conference to be held on 15-16 February 2007 in Brussels. Please 
check our pages on scientific publication over the next weeks for 
further information on these activities: 
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/page_en.cfm?id=3184.

Best regards,

Celina Ramjoue
European Commission, Research Directorate-General
Science, Economy and Society Directorate - Governance and Ethics Unit

rtd-scientific-publication@ec.europa.eu
celina.ramjoue@ec.europa.eu