Insight into issues of Permanent Access to the Records of Science in Europe (PARSE.Insight)

Project description

The aim of the European project "Insight into issues of Permanent Access to the Records of Science in Europe" (Parse.Insight) was to investigate the current state of long time preservation in the area of scientific primary data and scientific publications. The results of this study should help to guideline the development of a European digital infrastructure to ensure accessibility and long term preservation of digital records of science. To this end the project created an inventory of the current long term preservation projects within the sciences, arts and humanities. This inventory was then compared with the individual needs of selected disciplines. This comparison pointed out the areas of additional need for support to build a networked long term preservation infrastructure for digital scientific primary data and publications.

Results

After the project was completed, the results and experience gained flowed into the APARSEN project.

Project framework

Funding

European Commission, Seventh Framework Programme

Coordination

Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) (project co-ordination)

Partners

• Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) (project co-ordination)
• Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB)
• Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
• Max Planck Society (MPG)
• International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM)
• European Space Agency (ESA)
• FernUniversität in Hagen
• European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
• Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen (SUB)

Duration

1 April 2008 to 30 June 2010

Contact

Sabine Schrimpf
s.schrimpf@dnb.de