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Research Communications Forum

The Publishing and Computer Games team in BIS's Communication and Content Industries Unit, facilitates and provides the Secretariat for the Research Communications Forum. The Forum includes representatives from Government, Funding bodies, Libraries and Publishers.

The Research Communications Forum aims to provide:

- The first forum where funding bodies, libraries and the publishing industry could meet regularly to exchange views and develop a better understanding of each other's needs and views.

- A forum where consultation and collaboration between the public and private sector can be stimulated and new concepts explored,

- A forum that seeks to find areas where stakeholders can work together to advance research communication.

The inaugural meeting took place in November 2004. Forum meetings take place twice a year, with additional themed conferences taking place twice a year. Documentation relating to the Forum including the terms of reference, membership and meeting notes can be found at the links below.

Although BIS provides the Secretariat and Chair, the agenda for the Forum is set by the members. Key topics raised in the Forum so far include access to publicly-funded research, library funding and the role of institutional repositories. 

Documents to Download

Note of Inaugural Meeting: 11 November 2004 Inaugural meeting (30KB)

Note Research Communications Forum Conference, 7 March 2005 Research Communications Forum Conference note (55KB)

Presentations from the Research Communications Forum Conference, 7 March 2005 B.Bekhradnia (767KB) , Dr. Paul Ayris (232KB) and  M. Mabe (822KB)

Research Communications Forum - 13 May 2005 Note of Research Communications Forum meeting 13 May 2005 (22KB)

Presentations from the Research Communications Forum meeting, 13 May 2005 E Journal Business Models (100KB) and Research Communications (37KB)

Research Communication Forum 27 September 2005 Note of the Research Communications Forum meeting, 27 September 2005 (17KB)

Presentations from the Research Communications Forum meeting, 27 September 2005 Astrid Wissenburg presentation (192KB) and Nick Evans presentation (359KB)

Research Communications Conference 22 November 2005 Note of the Research Communications Forum conference Extending Access: Priorities and Solutions - 22 November 2005 (53KB)

Presentations from "Extending Access: Priorities and Solutions", 22 November 2005 Sue Sparks  presentation (81KB), Bob Campbell presentation (405KB), Mike Burrell presentation (6KB), Justin Champion presentation (1346KB), Lorraine Estelle presentation (413KB), Martin Richardson presentation (161KB) and Jill Taylor-Roe presentation (543KB)

Research Communications Forum meeting - 1 March 2006 Note of the Research Communications Forum meeting 1 March 2006 (28KB)

Extraordinary Meeting 20th June 2006

An extraordinary meeting was held on 20th June 2006 to discuss the recently-published EC Study on the European Scientific Publishing market. You can review the report on the Europa website.

Note of the meeting: Note of the Research Communications Forum Extraordinary Meeting: Presentation of the EC Scientific Study 20 June 2006 (28KB)

EC Research Team presentation from the meeting: Study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publication markets in Europe 20 June 2006

Research Communications Forum 29 September 2006

Note of RCF Meeting 29 September 2006 (58KB)

RCF Presentation - Cliff Morgan (60KB)