LIBER Alert | Research Library and Open Science News | July 12, 2019
This is the 17th LIBER Alert.
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LIBER News
- New Executive Board Members & Working Group Chairs: Meet the new people on LIBER’s Executive Board, and heading up Working Groups. Read
- Metrics Webinar: On 10 September, we will discuss the topics of responsible metrics and openness in assessments of scholarly work during a webinar. Register
- Plan S: LIBER calls on libraries to share successes and challenges on the road to compliance. Read
- Innovative Metrics Working Group: Achievements so far & upcoming work. Read
- Digital Skills Working Group: Report from the Open Science Essentials workshop at LIBER 2019. Read
- FAIRness of Repositories & Their Data: The results of two data repositories surveys were released by our Research Data Management Working Group. Read
- Digital Skills Case Studies: Our Digital Skills for Library Staff and Researchers Working Group has released six Case Studies on European Open Science Skilling and Training Initiatives. Read
- Digital Humanities Survey Report: Our Digital Humanities and Digital Cultural Heritage Working Group published a survey of DH activity in libraries across Europe. Read
Network & Open Science News
- Architectures of Knowledge: The European Open Science Cloud – article on the EOSC by Paolo Budroni, Jean-Claude Burgelman and Michel Schouppe. Read
- FAIR x FAIR: A study presenting the feasible, affordable and implementable requirements of a FAIR data repository. Read
- Recommendations on Managing Research Data: Recommendations addressed to researchers and based on the experience of MareData network members and documentation relating to data management. Read
- The OER Starter Kit: This starter kit provides instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). Read
- Grand Prix Livres Hebdo: Applications are open for the Grand Prix Livres Hebdo award for francophone libraries. Read more and apply
Upcoming Events
- SEMANTiCS2019, Karlsruhe 9-12 September
- Open Science FAIR, Porto 16-18 September
- 14th European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning, Delft 16-19 September
- Focus on Open Science, Chapter XVIII, Budapest 17 September
- PUBMET2019, Zadar 19-20 September
- Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2019 Feature Conference, Gothenburg 24-26 September 2019
- Focus on Open Science, Chapter XIX, Gdansk 8 October
- RDA’s 14th Plenary, Helsinki 23-25 October
- Focus on Open Science, Chapter XX, Kaunas 29 October
- Focus on Open Science, Chapter XXI, Graz 7 November
- Focus on Open Science, Chapter XXII, Ljubljana 8 November
- 11th Semantic Web in Libraries Conference, Hamburg 25-27 November
- 77th Estonian DH Conference, Tallin 4-6 December
- 16th Conference of the Serbian Library Association, Belgrade 12-13 December
- LIBER Architecture Seminar, Luxembourg 1-3 April 2020
- New Shape of Sharing: Networks, Expertise, Information, Fiesole 11-14 May 2020
- LIBER Journées Leadership Programme, Budapest 13-15 May 2020
- LIBER 2020 Annual Conference, Belgrade 24-26 June 2020
Call for Papers
- 16th Conference of the Serbian Library Association (Deadline: 20 September)
- New Shape of Sharing: Networks, Expertise, Information, Fiesole (Deadline: 30 September)
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