On 29 August, the National Library of Latvia — home of the LIBER 2014 Annual Conference — was officially opened. An impressive list of VIP guests formally addressed the Opening Ceremony in the Concert Hall. They included the President of the Republic of Latvia, Mr Andris Bērziņš; Her Royal Highness Princess Petra Laurentien of the Netherlands, Princess of…
By Wiebke van Ekeris, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg As a newcomer to the fields of research data management and data curation, I attended my first LIBER workshop in Vienna. And I really enjoyed it! When I travelled back to my working place, which is the University Library of Freiburg in southern Germany, I had lots of impressions (both of…
This year’s annual LIBER Conference took place in Riga, at the newly opened National Library of Latvia. In addition to dozens of papers from members of the research library communities of Europe (and sometimes beyond), there was a series of keynote and plenary talks by invited speakers, to set the tone for, or reflect upon…
On 16 July 2014, LIBER sent its new Adviser on EU matters and Horizon 2020 to Brussels. In making the trip, I represented both LIBER and LERU (League of European Research Universities). A busy day saw visits to three Directorates General – DG Connect, DG Research and DG Enterprise & Industry. A principal topic of…
Last week, the annual LIBER conference took place in Riga, Latvia. Approximately 350 delegates, many of them representing LIBER members, were in attendance for three days of talks, workshops, networking and events in the amazing setting of the newly opened National Library of Latvia. In collaboration with SPARC-Europe, LIBER hosted a pre-conference workshop to introduce…
The Glasgow School of Art is asking for book donations, following a devastating fire on 23 May 2014, which destroyed the renowned Mackintosh Library. “We have received many offers of book donations to help us rebuild our lost collections. In response we have released a wants list of specific titles that we are seeking,” said…
On May 27, LIBER met with representatives of the Confederation of Australian University Libraries (CAUL), the Confederation of New Zealand University Libraries (CONZUL), and the International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions (IFLA). The delegation from CAUL and CONZUL is on a two-week European Study Tour, and requested a meeting to exchange ideas about common…
Dr. Paul Ayris, President of LIBER, reports on our recent Digital Curation Workshop in Vienna, Austria. LIBER held its 3rd Digital Curation Workshop in the University of Vienna on 19-20 May 2014, with 97 registered delegates. This Workshop was organised under the aegis of LIBER’s new Forum on Digital Cultural Heritage. The Programme can be…
The following is the text of the presentation on cross border issues in digital presentation made by Barbara Szczepanska of EiFL, also a member of the LIBER Copyright Working Group at the IFLA side event at SCCR27 at WIPO in Geneva. I will talk about digital preservation and shared infrastructures for preservation. Digital preservation is a…
Thank you Mr. Chairman. I am speaking on behalf of all the library and archive NGOs on the issue of orphan works and out of commerce works. Libraries have embarked upon digitisation projects of public domain items in their collections since the 1990s. However finding legal mechanisms to digitise post 1874 published analogue materials that…
SSCR27 is being held all this week at WIPO in Geneva. Limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives are tabled for discussion and IFLA has being working towards the proposal of a treaty for libraries and archives. LIBER has joined the meeting as an ad-hoc observer. LIBER’s first opportunity to make an intervention was on…
In their report on Text and Data Mining (TDM) for Research, commissioned by the European Commission, the independent expert group on TDM call for Europe to reform its legal framework in regards to copyright and database rights in order to ensure the international competitiveness of Europe’s research base. LIBER agrees with the conclusions of the report which…
