LIBER Alert | Research Library and Open Science News | October 11, 2019
This is the 23rd LIBER Alert.
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LIBER News
- DART-Europe: An e-theses portal through which LIBER libraries can raise the visibility of their work and research by publishing Open Access metadata records and research theses. Read more
- Copyright Implementation Webinar Series: In three sessions on 22 October and 4 & 19 November at 1500 CET, LIBER’s Copyright & Legal Matters Working Group will share knowledge so libraries can get involved in national implementation of the Digital Single Market Directive. Learn more & register
- Digital Preservation Webinar: In this webinar on 7 November at 1500 CET, current trends in digital preservation will be discussed by Kate Wittenberg and Javanica Curry of Portico and Nicola Wright of LSE Library. Register
- Artificial Intelligence Webinar: In this webinar on 8 November at 1300 CET, Martijn Kleppe of the National Library of the Netherlands (KB) will discuss lessons learned by the KB during their first experiments, as recently described in a whitepaper. Register
- Data Curation Webinar: In this webinar organized by LIBER’s Research Data Management (RDM) Working Group on 14 November at 1500CET, Juliane Schneider will relate stories of some of her real-life adventures as a metadata consultant for research data, and the strategies she used to take data from laptops and un-networked servers into repository-ready form. Register
- New in LIBER Quarterly: The Strategic Collaboration of Libraries in Digital Preservation – case study byMonika Zarnitz, Thomas Bähr and Ursula Arning.
- Workshop on EOSC Services, Collaborations, and the RDA: This workshop on 21 October will discuss commonalities and collaborative solutions for community research data services. It is a side event to the RDA Plenary, and coordinated by the SSHOC project. Register
- Job Opening: We are hiring a Training Coordinator. Apply
Network & Open Science News
- New SPARC Europe Report: The report Insights into European Research Funder Open Policies and Practices summarises the results of a survey commissioned by SPARC Europe and describes how European research funders are approaching Open policies and practices today. Read
- Open Access to Academic Books: This briefing paper by Science Europe identifies the key issues at stake in implementing a policy of Open Access to academic books, and outlines recommendations for different stakeholder groups to facilitate and accelerate such a policy. Read
- Engaging Researchers with Data Management: The Cookbook – This handbook on effective research data management has recently been published. It presents a collection of 24 case studies drawn from institutions across the globe, and demonstrates how to engage the research community with RDM. Read
- Micro-MOOC on Open Science: The third edition of this free course will run on Twitter from 21 to 25 October, coinciding with the International Open Access Week. Read more
Upcoming Events
- Building better Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museum (GLAM) Labs, webinar 15 October
- FORCE2019, Edinburgh 15-17 October
- Open and Engaged, London 22 October
- RDA’s 14th Plenary, Helsinki 23-25 October
- Focus on Open Science, Chapter XX, Kaunas 29 October
- The Future of Research: Assessing the Impact of Plan S, Leuven 5-6 November
- Focus on Open Science, Chapter XXI, Graz 7 November
- Focus on Open Science, Chapter XXII, Ljubljana 8 November
- DCDC Conference, Birmingham 12-14 November
- GO TRAIN Workshop on FAIR Training and Skills, Hamburg 25 November
- 11th Semantic Web in Libraries Conference, Hamburg 25-27 November
- EOSC Symposium 2019, Budapest 26-18 November
- 77th Estonian DH Conference, Tallin 4-6 December
- 16th Conference of the Serbian Library Association, Belgrade 12-13 December
- European Dataverse Workshop, Tromsø 23-24 January 2020
- Open Science Conference 2020, Berlin 11-12 March 2020
- RLUK20, London 16-18 March 2020
- Libraries In The Digital age (LIDA) 2020, Dubrovnik 19-22 May 2020
- 12th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML2020), Barcelona 26-30 May 2020
- 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
- IASSIST 2020, Gothenburg 19-22 May 2020
- LIBER 2020 Annual Conference, Belgrade 24-26 June 2020
- ICTeSSH 2020, Amsterdam 29 June – 1 July 2020
Call for Papers
- Open Science Conference 2020 (Deadline: 11 October)
- EOSC Symposium 2019 (Deadline: 18 October)
- RLUK20 (Deadline: 25 November)
- ICTeSSH 2020 (Deadline: 29 November)
- IASSIST 2020 (Deadline: 6 December)
- 12th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML2020) (Deadline: 20 December)
Jobs
- Systems Librarian, iii innovative
- Traineeship, European University Institute Library (Closing date: 31 October)
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