LIBER Alert | Research Library and Open Science News | February 17, 2020

This is the 30th LIBER Alert.

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LIBER News

• LIBER-OCLC Workshop: Join us in Vienna for a joint LIBER-OCLC workshop on 3 March. Together we’ll discuss how libraries can advocate for Open Science to increase the impact of research. LIBER institutions receive complimentary registration. Register here
• Linked Open Data: LIBER’s Linked Open Data Working Group recently completed a review of practices which research libraries follow in making data linked and open. Read more
• Architecture Seminar: Registration is open for the LIBER Architecture Group Seminar, on 1-3 April at the Luxembourg Learning Centre. The theme is Designing For Learning and Scholarship. Register
• New Colleague: Welcome Tanya Yankelevich as LIBER’s Training Coordinator. Read more
• SSH Open Cloud News:
  • SSHOC Survey: SSHOC invites SSH researchers to contribute to the discovery and mapping of research practices in the use of vocabularies. Read more
  • SSHOC Twitter Takeover: Learn more about the project and ask questions as SSHOC takes over LIBER’s Twitter account on 18 February. Read more
  • Sign up for the SSHOC newsletter and join the SSHOC Training Community.
• INOS News
  • The first INOS newsletter will be out soon! Stay up to date with the latest Open Science and Citizen Science news and results of the INOS project. Subscribe
• reCreating Europe News
  • You can now follow our new digital copyright project on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn! Stay tuned for the website launch!

Webinars

• Research Data – What To Keep? — 2 March, 1400CET: In this webinar, organised by LIBER’s Research Data Management Working Group, we’ll dive into the topic of what to keep with expert Neil Beagrie, author of a Jisc-funded report on this topic. Register
• SSHOC Transcribing Interview Data — 3 March, 1400CET: Join SSHOC (a LIBER partner project) for a tutorial on transcribing interview data. Register
• Metrics & Machines — 6 March, 1100 CET: This webinar, organised by the Innovative Metrics Working Group, will look at why metrics is currently such a hot topic in academia and at how new text mining technology could deepen our understanding of the ‘knowledge potential’ of research. Register
• How Can Libraries Support TDM? — 12 March, 1100CET: In this webinar organized by LIBER’s Copyright & Legal Matters Working Groupspeakers will share how they are helping researchers access and analyse more content through text and data mining. Register

Network & Open Science News

• International Library Staff Week 2020: The second International Library Staff Week will be held in June 15 – 19, 2020 at the University Library of Southern Denmark. The event aims to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas, knowledge and best practices and to initiate discussion on how libraries are changing and what we need to know for the future of libraries. Read more
• Future Libraries Lab: Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Royal Library of the Netherlands) and TU Delft recently launched the Future Library Lab to facilitate the interaction between students, researchers, and practitioners to foster the development of research and innovation activities that have the ambition to imagine and shape the future of libraries. Read more

Upcoming Events

• OCLC 2020 EMEARC, Vienna 3-4 March
• Open Science Conference 2020, Berlin 11-12 March
• RLUK20, London 16-18 March
• Digital Humanities in the Nordic countries (DHN 2020), Riga 17-20 March
• LIBER Architecture Seminar, Luxembourg 1-3 April
• 22nd Annual Fiesole Retreat, Athens 7-9 April
• Kuopio Conference on Collection Management Policies in a Digital Age, Vienna 6-8 May
• New Shape of Sharing: Networks, Expertise, Information, Fiesole 11-14 May
• LREC 2020, Marseille 11-16 May
• LIBER Journées Leadership Programme, Budapest 13-15 May
• 2020 Creative Commons Global Summit, Lisbon 14-16 May
• Frontiers Forum 2020, Montreux 15-17 May
• IASSIST 2020, Gothenburg 19-22 May
• Libraries In The Digital age (LIDA) 2020, Dubrovnik 19-22 May
• ECSA 2020, Trieste 24-26 May
• German Librarian’s Day, Hannover 26-29 May
• 12th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML2020), Barcelona 26-30 May
• CONUL Conference 2020, Limerick 27-28 May
• IIIF Conference 2020, Boston 1-4 June
• European Library Automation Group (ELAG 2020), Riga 9-12 June
• International Library Staff Week 2020 – Libraries of Tomorrow, Odense, 15-19 June
• 28th EBLIDA Annual Council Meeting and Conference, Belgrade 22-23 June
• LIBER 2020 Annual Conference, Belgrade 24-26 June
• ICTeSSH 2020, Amsterdam 29 June – 1 July
• IATUL, Porto 12-16 July
• IFLA WLIC 2020, Dublin 15-21 August

Call for Papers

• LR4SSHOC workshop at LREC2020 (Deadline: 19 February)
• IFLA 2020 (various deadlines)

Jobs

• Research Data Manager, Utrecht University Libary, Netherlands (Closing date: 17 February)
• Research Services & Data Specialist, University of Limerick, Ireland (Closing date: 18 February)
• Coordinator RDM Competence Centre, KU Leuven, Belgium – Dutch-speaking (Closing date: 24 February)
• Post Doctoral Researcher for reCreating Europe project, Maynooth University, Ireland (Closing date: 28 February)
• Research Data Engineer, KU Leuven, Belgium – Dutch-speaking (Closing date: 12 March)
• Product Manager RDM, KU Leuven, Belgium  – Dutch-speaking (Closing date: 15 March)

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