Anyone who’s attended a LIBER conference may have wondered why LIBER does not publish conference proceedings. Some talks from the conferences have always been written down as papers, and later published in LIBER Quarterly, but these were spread over the various volumes and issues of the journal, and never covered all conference contributions. It is…
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Almost all of Europe’s academic research libraries are working collaboratively, within and outside of their institutions, to help ensure that the scientific data of today is curated properly, so it can be accessed, shared and reused by future generations. That is one conclusion from a recent survey on Research Data Services (RDS), carried out by a…
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As part of LIBER´s work to connect and represent research libraries we initiate and participate in strategic and innovative European projects. All of our projects relate, in one way or another, to Open Science. Do you have a research background? Are you familiar with the issues addressed in these projects — Open Science, including Open Science Training,…
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Here in the LIBER Office, we’re looking at ways to make our website better. Over the coming months, we want to make it easier for you to find relevant content. That’s why we need your feedback. Please let us know what you think by taking a short survey. It should only take about 5 minutes to…
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The European Commission recently published its long-awaited proposal for copyright reform. LIBER released its own reaction to the proposal, and signed the following statement along with EBLIDA, Public Libraries 2020, IFLA and Europeana (download the statement in PDF format): Libraries and cultural heritage institutions have long empowered people to learn, innovate and be inspired, without…
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Today (14 September 2016) the European Commission released its long awaited draft proposals for a Directive on Copyright and the Digital Single Market. LIBER has released a statement in response to this development outlining the need to go further to ensure that legal certainty is achieved. A well-functioning and competitive market for research and innovation;…
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LIBER recently established a Metrics Working Group, within the remit of the Scholarly Communication and Research Infrastructures Steering Committee. The members of the Working Group stem from a variety of research libraries and research institutions and are all considered experts in the field having extensively worked with or studied traditional as well as alternative (i.e.…
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LIBER is hosting a number of initiatives or networks to enhance the re-invention of the library to become better suited for the Open Science paradigm in Europe and globally. The Working Group on Open Access has been put together to further advance the shift towards openness. The Working Group first met in Helsinki, during LIBER’s…
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On 22-23 June 2016, OpenMinTeD organised its third stakeholder workshop at the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries in Newark, just outside of New York City.
The International Workshop on Mining Scientific Publications featured speakers from OpenMinTeD, as well as speakers who presented their text and data mining research results. LIBER being the lead on the dissemination and stakeholder engagement activities of the OpenMinTeD project, helped organise the workshop.
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Our fourth Emerging Leaders Programme will take place between July 2017 and July 2018. Following on from the successful completion of three Emerging Leaders Programmes, we’re delighted to confirm that the Programme will continue to be directed by Janet Wilkinson (University Librarian and Director of the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester) and Roger Fielding…
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At the end of September, as part of the FutureTDM project, we will be holding a high profile event to discuss text and data mining (TDM) and what can be done to improve uptake in the EU. Why is TDM important? Because using machine technology to sift through big data can help us further our…
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A factsheet on Federated Access to Digital Resources at Libraries has been developed by the LIBER Office, as a result of our work for the AARC Project. It provides a basic explanation of federated identity management, the benefits for libraries and end-users, as well as recommendations for action and links for further reading. The conclusions of…
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