Following on two successful digital curation workshops, LIBER, the National Library of The Netherlands and the Austrian National Library are hosting the 3rd workshop this May in Vienna. Scholarly research and the publication process are changing rapidly. The research process is becoming increasingly data driven and computational. More and more researchers are working together in…
LIBER has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with EIFL an international not-for-profit organisation that works with libraries in developing and transition economy countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. The agreement signifies a new relationship between the two organisations. It will allow both LIBER and EIFL to enhance cooperation on important initiatives to the…
In a document prepared to contribute to the European Commission’s ongoing discussions on content mining, open access publishers outline how simple best practice can overcome any challenges that might arise from increased traffic from caused by content mining. Cameron Neylon has published a discussion document for the benefit of the European Commission on best practice…
LIBER’s Executive Board recently met at Senate House Library, London, for its annual February Board meeting. The following topics were discussed: EUROPEAN PROJECTS The progress of the European projects in which currently LIBER is participating was discussed. FOSTER and PASTEUR4OA, two new open access projects, received a special mention. FOSTER will work on helping researchers,…
Registration is now open for LIBER’s 43rd Annual Conference. Join us in Riga, Latvia for three days of workshops, talks and discussions around the theme of ‘Research Libraries in the 2020 Information Landscape’. The Conference will take place from July 2nd to July 5th in the newly built National Library of Latvia. Delegates can…
LIBER has submitted its response to the European Commission consultation on copyright rules. On behalf of our network of library members across Europe, we are calling for copyright legislation to better accommodate and nurture the changing nature of research and innovation in the digital age. We believe that such a transformation is urgently needed. So…
Representatives of thirteen partners, from eight different countries, gathered in historic Guimarães, Portugal last week, for the first meeting of the FOSTER project, 20 – 21 February. Project coordinator Eloy Rodrigues, from the University of Minho, began the meeting with a call for the partners to “work together to spread the seeds of Open Science”. Over…
Dan North has joined the LIBER team as a new Projects Officer. He will work to provide support for the development and dissemination of our European projects, primarily FOSTER, which aims to facilitate the adoption of open access strategies in research. He will also assist with the coordination of LIBER’s participation in Horizon 2020. Dan was…
This week LIBER was in Portugal for the first project meeting of PASTEUR4OA. The meeting was opened by the project coordinator, Victoria Tsoukola from EKT. PASTEUR4OA (Open Access Policy Alignment Strategies for European Union Research) aims to support the European Commission’s Recommendation to Member States of July 2012 that they develop and implement policies to…
“Content Mining: Why you and I should NOT sign up for Elsevier’s TDM service” is the title of Peter Murray-Rust’s latest blog piece. In it he puts Elsevier’s newly launched text and data mining service and accompanying policy under the microscope. LIBER has republished an excerpt here. In the last few days Elsevier has announced…
LIBER is pleased to announce the launch of the FOSTER project. The project, in which LIBER is a partner, aims to accelerate knowledge and practice of open access and open science, especially among young researchers, across all fields. In addition, it will mobilize other stakeholders, such as project managers, administrators, and librarians, in support of…
The 3rd LIBER workshop on Digital Curation will take place from the 19th to the 20th of May in Vienna. The management of digital objects (e.g. articles, datasets, images, streams of data, multimedia objects) and non-digital objects (namely real-world entities, like authors, institutions, teams, geographic locations, etc.) is a crucial issue for the whole scientific…
