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This document describes the objectives of the ARCHLAB transnational access program and the activities that have been carried out during the first period (M1-27) of the Iperion HS project. In particular, the deliverable reports on the archives of the various institutions that are opened for the service, on the initiatives that have been taken to diffuse information on the ARCHLAB opportunities offered to users, and on the various steps that led to the activation of the service consisting of announcement of calls for proposals, projects’ selection by peer review, and exploitations of the ARCHLAB infrastructure. Finally, this deliverable was carried out with some partners of the consortium of WP2 and describes in more detail the projects implemented, the days of access, the objectives of the visits and the results achieved during the visits.

Scientific data that are created, stored, or distributed in digital form are at risk of being unavailable or unusable for future research if they are not managed to mitigate the risks of digital data. At CIESIN, the Center for International Earth Science Information Network, of Columbia University, we have identified and described several risks to scientific data, including legality, integrity, interpretability, accessibility, discoverability, security, confidentiality, recoverability, and sustainability. Questions, scenarios, and approaches for mitigating these risks to scientific are offered.

The digital revolution has vastly increased the ability of the scientific community to collect and store a tremendous variety and quantity of data in digital form, representing a potentially irreplaceable legacy that can support scientific discovery and scholarship in both the present and the future. However, it is not yet clear what organizations or institutions can and should maintain and store such data, ensuring their long-term integrity and usability, nor how such longterm stewardship should be funded and supported. Many traditional information preservation and access institutions such as libraries and museums are struggling to develop the skills, resources, and infrastructure needed for large scale, long-term digital data stewardship. Government agencies often have strong technical capabilities, but are subject to political and budgetary pressures and competing priorities. Private organizations and companies can bring to bear innovations not only in technology but also in economic approaches that could provide financial sustainability. Developing long-term collaborative partnerships between different types of organizations may be one approach to developing sustainable models for long-term data stewardship. The development of objective criteria and open standards for trusted digital data repositories is another important step towards sustainable data stewardship. A critical challenge is the development of viable economic models for ensuring that the resources needed for long-term stewardship are put in place, while at the same time addressing the needs of the scientific community and society more generally for open access to scientific data and information resources. The development of a robust spatial data infrastructure can not only help reduce both the short- and long-term costs of data stewardship, but also provide a framework for the establishment and evolution of trustworthy data repositories that will be available for future generations of users to discover, access, and use the scientific heritage that is being created today.

Resumen La apropiación social del conocimiento es un tema de reciente preocupación para las comunidades científicas, los gobiernos y los medios de comunicación, que ha sido asumido como un compromiso social de la comunidad. Este artículo propone un aporte al tema desde los archivos, en primer lugar, como lugares de apropiación social del conocimiento socio-cultural mediante la recuperación de la memoria, cuya difusión permite la construcción de sentido de identidad y ciudadanía. En segundo lugar, como unidades de información que apoyan los procesos de apropiación social del conocimiento científicotecnológico, mediante la implementación de archivos científicos en nuevos ambientes como el virtual y digital. Abstract Social appropriation of knowledge is a theme of recent concern by scientific communities, governments and mass media and it is assumed as a commitment to the community. This article aims to contribute to the theme from the archives. First: as social appropriation places of the socio-cultural knowledge through the retrieval of memory for the construction of identity and citizenship. Second: as information units supporting social appropriation processes of the scientific-technological knowledge, by the implementation of scientific archives in new environments like the virtual and the digital.

The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the information science reader to the wide range of data and other resources that constitute “biological information”. Attention is paid to both paper and digital sources and the use of digital libraries and cyberinfrastructure for the creation, use, and re-use of information. The chapter discusses various user communities and their needs, including scientists, educators and students, policymakers, and other secondary users. The chapter concludes with challenges for data sharing, preservation, and access. SB. 3.7.2013

The Arquivo Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia (National Archive of Science and Technology - Portugal) was established in 2011. Its collections are essential to the study of science policy and organization of science in Portugal since the mid-twentieth century and to the study of the Portuguese national science system itself. It includes among its collections the archives of institutions responsible for the organization and public administration of science, as well as the personal archives of some important figures in the field. El Arquivo Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia (Archivo Nacional de la Ciencia y la Tecnología - Portugal) se creó en 2011. Contiene un acervo documental esencial para el estudio de las políticas científicas y de la organización de la Ciencia, en Portugal desde mediados del siglo XX y del propio sistema científico nacional. Integra archivos de instituciones responsables de la organización y la administración pública de la ciencia, así como los archivos personales de algunas figuras importantes en el campo. O Arquivo Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia foi criado em 2011. Contém um acervo essencial ao estudo das políticas científicas e da organização da ciência em Portugal, desde os meados do século XX, e do próprio sistema científico nacional. Integra espólios documentais das instituições de organização e administração pública da ciência e de alguns dos seus principais protagonistas.Palavras-chaves: história da ciência; política científica; acervos científicos; arquivos.

La apropiación social del conocimiento es un tema de reciente preocupación para las comunidades científicas, los gobiernos y los medios de comunicación, que ha sido asumido como un compromiso social de la comunidad. Este artículo propone un aporte al tema desde los archivos, en primer lugar, como lugares de apropiación social del conocimiento socio-cultural mediante la recuperación de la memoria, cuya difusión permite la construcción de sentido de identidad y ciudadanía. En segundo lugar, como unidades de información que apoyan los procesos de apropiación social del conocimiento científicotecnológico, mediante la implementación de archivos científicos en nuevos ambientes como el virtual y digital. Social appropriation of knowledge is a theme of recent concern by scientific communities, governments and mass media and it is assumed as a commitment to the community. This article aims to contribute to the theme from the archives. First: as social appropriation places of the socio-cultural knowledge through the retrieval of memory for the construction of identity and citizenship. Second: as information units supporting social appropriation processes of the scientific-technological knowledge, by the implementation of scientific archives in new environments like the virtual and the digital.

De 2009 à 2013 s’est développé, sous le pilotage de Bruno Brunetti, un projet européen d’infrastructure de recherche en conservation-restauration du patrimoine, dénommé CHARISMA. L’article en dresse une brève synthèse en insistant sur les innovations apportées, telles que la mise au point d’instruments d’analyse mobiles et la mise à disposition des archives scientifiques détenues par les institutions partenaires du réseau, via l’accès transnational ARCHLAB. Il dresse enfin un rapide bilan des principales actions de valorisation des travaux. From 2009 to 2013, steered by Bruno Brunetti, a European project was developed to set up research infrastructures in the field of heritage conservation and restoration: it is called CHARISMA (Cultural Heritage Advanced Research Infrastructures). This paper draws up a short summary of its achievements, highlighting the innovations made, namely the development of mobile analytical devices and the opportunity to consult the scientific archives of the institutions participating in the project via the ARCHLAB transnational access programme. Lastly, it briefly assesses the impact made by the research undertaken.

(EN) The project of preservation of the archives belonging to the Academy of Medical Sciences of Catalonia and Balearic Islands. (CAT) El projecte de conservació dels arxius que pertanyen a l'Acadèmia de Ciències Mèdiques de Catalunya i Balears. Actes de la VII Trobada d'Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica. Barcelona 14,15,16 i 17 de novembre de 2002. Peer reviewed

Data Repositories (RD) guarantee the principles of transparency and offer a secure storage system, in addition to the possibility of having research data available online, indexed, documented, to be accessed, downloaded, viewed and processed by people or by systems, extending it to a wider and networked community. The objective of this research is to present the contributions provided by the use of RD Dataverse to promote efficiency in scientific communication. This is a qualitative, descriptive and bibliographic research in which we sought to identify relationships between the bibliographic content on scientific communication, data and data repositories and informational content on the RD Dataverse contained in the sites The Dataverse Project ”- presentation site of the Dataverse - and “Harvard Dataverse. The results demonstrate the functionality of Dataverse has relations with aspects that benefit scientific communication, among which can be mentioned: preservation of scientific data, production of quality metadata, promotion of ease in processes of retrieval of scientific information, availability of data that can be cited, among other issues. Therefore, it is concluded that the Dataverse provides benefits that are associated with the communication processes between scientific researchers. Los Repositorios de Datos (RD) garantizan los principios de transparencia y ofrecen un sistema de almacenamiento seguro, además de la posibilidad de tener los datos de la investigación disponibles en línea, indexados, documentados, para acceso, descarga, visualización y procesamiento por parte de personas o sistemas, extendiéndolos a una comunidad más amplia y en red. El objetivo de esta investigación es presentar las contribuciones que proporciona el uso del RD Dataverse para promocionar la eficiencia en la comunicación científica. Se trata de una investigación cualitativa, descriptiva y bibliográfica en la que se buscó identificar las relaciones entre el contenido bibliográfico sobre comunicación científica, datos y repositorios de datos y contenidos informativos sobre el RD Dataverse en los sitios web The Dataverse Project" -sitio de presentación de Dataverse- y "Harvard Dataverse. Los resultados demuestran que las funcionalidades del Dataverse tienen relación con aspectos que benefician a la comunicación científica, entre los cuales se pueden mencionar: la preservación de los datos científicos, la producción de metadatos de calidad, la promoción de la facilidad en los procesos de recuperación de la información científica, la disponibilidad de datos que pueden ser citados, entre otras cuestiones. Por lo tanto, se concluye que el Dataverse proporciona beneficios que están asociados a los procesos de comunicación entre los investigadores científicos. Os Repositórios de Dados (RD) garantem os princípios de transparência e oferecem um sistema de armazenamento seguro, além da possibilidade de se ter os dados de pesquisa disponíveis on-line, indexados, documentados, para serem acessados, baixados, visualizados e processados por pessoas ou por sistemas, estendendo-a uma comunidade mais ampla e conectada em rede. O objetivo dessa pesquisa é apresentar as contribuições proporcionadas pela utilização do RD Dataverse para promover eficiência na comunicação científica. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, descritiva e bibliográfica na qual buscou-se identificar relações entre o conteúdo bibliográfico sobre comunicação científica, dados e repositórios de dados e conteúdos informativos sobre o RD Dataverse contidos nos sites The Dataverse Project” – site de apresentação do Dataverse - e “Harvard Dataverse. Os resultados demonstram as funcionalidades do Dataverse possui relações com aspectos que beneficiam a comunicação científica, dentre os quais podem ser mencionados: preservação de dados científicos, produção de metadados de qualidade, promoção de facilidade em processos de recuperação da informação científica, disponibilização de dados que podem ser citados, dentre outras questões. Portanto, conclui-se que o Dataverse proporciona benefícios que estão associados aos processos de comunicação entre pesquisadores científicos.