At LIBER’s 2013 conference, our steering committee on Scholarly Communication and Research Infrastructures held a workshop that looked at the current state of Open Access policies across Europe and offered strategies for getting started in Research Data Management (RDM). The first part of the session focused on New Horizons For Open Access Policies in Europe. It…
The future role of libraries was examined from many different angles at LIBER’s 42nd annual conference in Munich. Trends in research data management, current EU projects and crowdsourcing were some of the many topics discussed during the 3-day meeting, held at the end of June. “A university is just a group of buildings gathered around…
Through a series of presentations, the participants were introduced to the work of Europeana Newspapers and learned about best-practice techniques related to the refinement and enrichment of digital newspapers. The workshop was based around three types of activities: Presentations of the project’s activities, aimed at sharing best-practice techniques. Buzz Groups, where participants could discuss the…
Library users, researchers, funders and executive boards are just some of the many audiences with whom libraries currently have to communicate. At LIBER’s 42nd annual conference in Munich, the Advocacy & Communications Steering Committee explored the issue of communication through a workshop entitled The Interactive Library: Communicating Effectively With Your Stakeholders. The first presentation came from…
Want information from LIBER 2013? You’ll find it here! We’re putting as much information from the conference as possible online. Here are some of the ways to learn about and share conference material. Slides from our speakers Presentation slides for most of the talks and parallel sessions can be found on the conference website. See…
