LIBER has been appointed to represent libraries on the European Commission’s new Open Science Policy Platform. President Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen will speak for LIBER and its 400+ members on the high-level advisory group. She joins 24 other experts representing universities, research organisations, funders, publishers, policy platforms and citizen science groups across Europe. “LIBER is the principal network…
The Metrics Working Group, established under LIBER’s Scholarly Communication and Research Infrastructures Steering Committee, has officially started its activities. The primary focus of the Metrics Working Group is to exchange best practices that can be used to develop recommendations for the optimal use of metrics in libraries and information infrastructures. The Working Group would also…
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) met in Vancouver from 24 to 28 April 2016. The two North American associations have a joint meeting every five years, so the meeting this year with almost 200 members present was much bigger than typical spring meetings. Both bodies also…
Open Access was in the spotlight on 17-18 May at the Green Light For Open Access Conference in Amsterdam. The conference, an officially associated event with the Dutch Presidency of the European Union, attracted some 150 experts, funders, research institutions, publishers and policy makers from as far away as Australia. Organised by the EC-funded project…
LIBER is launching a Working Group on the implementation of open access and is looking for members to join this new group. If you are interested, please email liber@kb.nl by 1 June 2016, stating which focus area you are interested in and what you can contribute, building on your knowledge and expertise. The Working Group will…
On 4 and 5 April 2016 the Dutch EU Presidency hosted a conference on Open Science in Amsterdam. On foot of the event the Amsterdam Call for Action was published. This document reflects on the potential of Open Science and outlines 12 areas where stakeholders can take action to accelerate the progress of Open Science.…
As a member of the recently formed International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA), LIBER has agreed to endorse an International accord on open data. The Accord recognises the need for an international framework of principles on “Open Data in a Big Data World” and proposes a comprehensive set of principles. This endorsement is the first joint…
LIBER has co-signed a letter in response to comments made by Hachette Livre CEO Arnaud Nourry at this week’s International Publishers’ Congress. The letter rejects entirely the argument that libraries are proxies for the commercial sector. It invites publishers and others to work with us in passing limited but necessary reforms to copyright. These reforms will…
A diverse group of stakeholders including civil society, library, cultural, and industry organisations have issued a joint open letter to the European Commission. LIBER is a signatory to this letter, which calls on the European Commission to introduce copyright reform compatible with the digital environment without curtailing the rights of citizens to freedom of communication…
The Dutch government is strongly in favour of Open Access and aims for the Netherlands to be 100% Open Access by 2024. A road for Open Access was started in 2013 by Sander Dekker, State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science, who expressed his support for open access to scientific publications. A gold OA route was chosen.…
Last week, LIBER hosted UK MEP Catherine Stihler at our ‘Meet the Libraries’ day at the National Library of The Netherlands. Catherine Stihler is a passionate advocate for libraries, regularly speaking out for her political group on the issues of copyright, accessibility and content mining. Bridging the policy and research community, Catherine is Vice Chair of…
