Welcome to the August 2018 LIBER Mailing

This update relates to LIBER’s work over the past three months. It is sent directly to LIBER Libraries and posted publicly on our website. Documents can be downloaded and freely shared via the links.

Annual Meeting of Participants, Lille 2018 

1. Minutes of the LIBER Annual Meeting of Participants (held in LILLIAD Learning Center Innovation, Lille, on Thursday 5 July 2018)
2. Report of the LIBER Executive Board (presented to the Annual Meeting of Participants and approved on Thursday 5 July 2018)

See also: LIBER 2018 Highlights

Open Science Roadmap

1. Launch of the LIBER Open Science Roadmap

Working Group Updates

1. Let’s Build The Skills! LIBER & FOSTER Plus Workshop
2. Data Stewardship Webinar
3. A Mini Survey of Digital Humanities in European Research Libraries

Annual Conference 2019

1. LIBER Annual Conference 2019, Dublin 2019: Preliminary Details

If you have any queries about the content of this Mailing, or if there is any further information that we can provide, please let us know.

Yours sincerely

John MacColl
Secretary-General

Further News

Call to Host LIBER’s Leadership Journées Programme – LIBER is searching for a new host for the 2020 and 2022 editions of its renowned Journées leadership programme, which brings together 25 library directors and up to eight international speakers. The Director of the host institution will be directly involved in the preparation and planning of the programme, and will participate in the event itself. Expressions of interest are invited by August 31^st. Learn more.

Think.Check.Submit. Survey – If you care about helping researchers to select and publish in trusted journals, then please take the Think.Check.Submit survey. As one of the organisations involved in Think. Check. Submit., LIBER encourages its libraries to both respond to the survey and to forward it to their researchers and PhD students. The survey is open until 28 September. Learn more.