One of the primary goals of LIBER’s Open Access Working Group is to help libraries to share their experiences with Open Access. By exchanging information, we can better understand what works, what the challenges are, and find ways of speeding up the transition from subscription-based systems to Open Access (OA). This shift is an international…
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What role can the library community play in supporting the adoption of FAIR data practices? In April 2018, LIBER’s Research Data Management group hosted a webinar Turning FAIR Data Into Reality — Progress and Plans from the European Commission FAIR Data Expert Group. Simon Hodson, Executive Director of CODATA and Chair of the European Commission’s…
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LIBER’s President, Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen, has joined the advisory board of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). DORA was created as a way of addressing the need to improve ways in which the output of scientific research is evaluated by funding agencies, academic institutions, and other parties. Its advisory board oversees the strategy of DORA and its…
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On Tuesday 10 April 2018, about 20 members of LIBER’s Digital Humanities and Digital Cultural Heritage Working Group convened in the KB, National Library of the Netherlands. The working group, set up in the summer of 2017, wants to create a knowledge sharing network within LIBER libraries and this first meeting was organised to contribute…
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From the 18th to the 20th of April, 30 researchers and research support professionals from across Europe will come together in Barcelona. Here they will participate in the FOSTER open science trainer bootcamp. This intense three-day training event, will equip them with the skills to give training on open science to researchers in their own institutions.…
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If Europe wants to maximise the benefits of Artificial Intelligence, it needs to also adopt a robust Text and Data Mining Exception. That is the message to the European Commission from 23 organisations, including LIBER. The letter, which can be downloaded here, acknowledges the potential of AI, machine learning and data analytics to contribute to…
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Today 28 organisations, including LIBER, have signed a letter calling for an improved Text and Data Mining Exception which will support research and innovation in Europe. The letter, which can be downloaded here, was sent to the European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI). The signatories include universities, technology companies, startups and scaleups, libraries, scientific and…
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Is your research library actively working on topics such as copyright and the implications of incoming GDPR regulations? Would you like to share your expertise in this area with other library professionals across Europe? If so, then please consider joining LIBER’s Copyright & Legal Matters Working Group. Currently the group is focused on advocacy related…
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Today we’re pleased to introduce LIBER’s newest working group, focusing on Digital Skills for Library Staff & Researchers. Group co-chairs Cecile Swiatek and Susanne Dalsgaard Krag explain what the group will be focusing on, and how you can get involved. What will the group focus on? There’s a growing skills gap being faced by libraries,…
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The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA) — a collaboration between LIBER, the Association of Research Libraries, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) and Research Libraries UK (RLUK) — has released a values statement which reaffirms longstanding library values, and those that make research libraries unique. The statement…
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LIBER’s Digital Humanities & Digital Cultural Heritage Working Group is gathering literature for libraries with an interest in digital humanities. Four teams, each with a specific focus, have assembled a list of must-read papers, articles and reports. The recommendations in this article (the fourth and last in the series) have been assembled by the team…
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