LIBER, Europe’s leading association of research libraries, presents Five Principles for libraries to use when conducting Open Access negotiations with publishers. The principles are based on the experiences of LIBER libraries in the past two years, and aim to guide libraries and consortia as they shift from a reader-pays model (subscription licensing) to an author-pays…
After the success of the initial FOSTER project on open science training, we are happy to announce that the followup-project, FOSTER Plus, kicked off on the 22nd of May. Twenty people from 11 different institutions came together in Guimarães, Portugal, to discuss a wide range of topics and ensure a smooth start. The main goal…
LIBER is a strong supporter not only of Open Access but also of Open Science, including the open publication of research data. For this reason it is very important that LIBER Quarterly (LQ) stimulates its authors to make the research data on which their publications are based available in open sustainable data repositories. From now…
In 2015 the Japanese Government launched ‘Towards Open Science Policy in Japan’, a programme on Open Science. At present Open Science is fostered mainly at a political level but other stakeholders are becoming involved as well. In 2013 the Japan Science and Technology Agency adopted an open access policy at a recommended level. In 2015…
The European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) has just published its first report and recommendations. It calls for immediate action to build the EOSC, in close collaboration with Member states. “The challenge is clear to us: if we do not act, there might be a looming crisis on…
Are you a librarian who would like to better understand the implications of Open Science for your work, including the potential opportunities and challenges? If so, you might like to follow a free online course, Open Science at the Core of Libraries. It’s been developed by LIBER Office as part of our participation in the FOSTER project. The…