To main content To navigation
news sponsors contact us
  • Who we are
    • About Us
    • Mission & Values
    • Organisation
    • Governance
    • History
    • Working for LIBER

    LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche – Association of European Research Libraries) is the voice of Europe’s research library community.

  • What we do
    • Our 2018-2022 Strategy
    • Projects
    • Working Groups
    • Leadership & Skills Building
    • Policy Development
    • Advocacy & Communication

    LIBER’s exists to support Europe’s research libraries. We highlight their value to policymakers, provide resources and training and form valuable partnerships.

    Working Groups

    • Architecture
    • Copyright & Legal Matters
    • Citizen Science
    • Digital Humanities & Digital Cultural Heritage
    • Digital Skills
    • FIM4L
    • Innovative Metrics
    • Leadership Programmes
    • Linked Open Data
    • Open Access
    • Research Data Management

    Focus Areas

    • Innovative Scholarly Communication
    • Digital Skills & Services
    • Research Infrastructure
    • Copyright Reform
    • Lobbying
    • Open Science
    • Text & Data Mining
  • Our Network
    • LIBER Member Libraries
    • Partners
    • Join LIBER
    • Get Involved
    • Sponsors
    • Become a LIBER Sponsor
    • Press Centre

    LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche – Association of European Research Libraries) is the voice of Europe’s research library community.

  • Resources
    • Search All Resources
    • Selected Resources
    • Branding Toolbox
    • DMP Catalogue
    • Job Description Repository

    Quick Searches

    • Case Studies
    • Factsheets
    • Reports
    • Guidelines

    Alerts & Mailings

    • LIBER Alerts
    • Quarterly Mailings
    • LIBER Quarterly Journal
  • Events & Webinars
    • Events
    • Webinars
    • Annual Conference
    • LIBER Journées
    • Emerging Leaders Programme
    • Webinar Recordings
  • Search page
  • Get involved
  • Resources
  • Events & training
  • Search page
  • Contact
  • Get involved
  • news
  • sponsors
  • contact us
Events

Open Science – the 21st century benefits for researchers

This conference is co-organised by the National Library of Latvia, University of Latvia and Riga Technical University and it the will take place in the framework of Open Access week. Its goals are to raise awareness of importance, benefits and impact of Open Access, Open Data and Open Science, to enhance awareness of decision makers of the necessity to formulate national and institutional Open Access policies and to introduce them with the best practice in Open Access policies, to introduce concepts and themes around Open Science to researchers and provide practical help in engaging with Open Access to research information, to inform researchers about Research Data Management policies and practices in research institutions, to develop skills necessary for publishing research publications in Open Access for librarians, focusing on the newly launched National Open Access repository service of the National Library of Latvia.

The first half of the conference will have a plenary format, and will consist of keynote speaches on:

  • EC Recommendation on Access to and Preservation of Scientific Information and EC Recommendations and Opening up Science
  • Open Access Policies and Best Practices
  • Challenges and solutions of Open Access to Research Data
  • Progress of Open Access in LatviaThe second half of the conference will consist of four parallel workshops:
  • Workshop for policy makers and decision makers: The role of Open Access and its implementation practice in research institutions
  • Two workshops for researchers (one for humanities and social sciences researchers, one for natural sciences and technologies researchers): Discovering Open Practices for Early Career Researchers
  • Workshop for librarians: Publishing in Open Access

Contact information

Contact information
Karina Bandere – karina.bandere@lnb.lv

20 October 2015 Riga Latvia
20
October
2015
  • Sign up for our monthly LIBER Insider Mailer

  • c/o Koninklijke Bibliotheek
  • National Library of the Netherlands
  • PO Box 90407
  • 2509 LK The Hague
  • The Netherlands
  • Tel: +31 70 314 07 67
  • Mail: liber@libereurope.org
  • Working groups
  • Events
  • Webinars
  • Get involved
  • Contact us

Together we get things done.

Get involved
  • Privacy Statement & Cookies
  • Copyright LIBER