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Workshop Report: Libraries and Research Data Management

In 2012, the LIBER working group on e‐Science formulated ‘Ten recommendations for libraries to get started with research data management’. This document has since become one of the most downloaded documents from the LIBER website. In order to breathe life into the recommendations, the Scholarly Communication and Research Infrastructure Steering Committee collected 11 research data management case studies. What progress have research…

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July 16, 2014 Leave a commentLIBER 2014, News, Scholarly Communication and Research InfrastructuresBy LIBER Europe

Highlights From LIBER’s July 2014 Board Meeting

The National Library of Latvia. Photo by LIBER / CC-BY. LIBER’s Executive Board met on 1 and 3 July 2014 in the National Library of Latvia, Riga, for its annual two meetings during Annual Conference week. The following topics were discussed: Annual Report and Accounts 2013 The Executive Board formally approved the Annual Report and…

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July 14, 2014 Leave a commentHomepage, News, Office AnnouncementsBy LIBER Europe

Over 40 Signatories Ask Elsevier to Withdraw TDM Policy

At the beginning of July, LIBER and 17 other research and library organisations across Europe called on Elsevier to withdraw its current policy on text and data mining (TDM). The number of signatories to the letter has now surpassed 40. They include 33 professional groups plus individual researchers, professors and librarians in a total of 18 countries. All…

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July 14, 2014 1 CommentAdvocacy and Communications, NewsBy LIBER Europe

LIBER and SPARC Europe Workshop at LIBER Conference

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…

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July 11, 2014 Leave a commentBlog (opinion / personal view), LIBER 2014By Dan North

Europeana Newspapers Hits the Big Screen

The Europeana Newspapers project, in which LIBER is a partner, has just released a promotional video showcasing historic newspapers. Take a look at the film below. If you’d like to know more about the Europeana Newspapers project, and ways to make historic newspapers more accessible, consider joining the project’s final workshop in London on September…

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July 10, 2014 Leave a commentNews, ProjectsBy LIBER Europe

Dr Paul Ayris Finishes His Term As LIBER President

Dr Paul Ayris, who served as LIBER President for four years and the Foundation for a decade, has now finished his term at the head of the Foundation. At the LIBER 2014 Annual Conference, a new President, Kriistina Hormia-Poutanen, was appointed. Ms Hormia-Poutanen gave the following speech in honour of Dr Ayris’s achievements during his time as…

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July 7, 2014 Leave a commentAnnual Conference, LIBER 2014, News, Office AnnouncementsBy LIBER Europe

LIBER Welcomes Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen As New President

At LIBER’s 2014 Annual Conference, Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen, Director of Library Network Services at the National Library of Finland, was appointed as LIBER’s 11th President. Ms Hormia-Poutanen is the first female President in LIBER’s history. In her opening address to the audience at LIBER 2014, she promised to focus on collaboration with LIBER Libraries and with the European Commission in…

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July 7, 2014 Leave a commentHomepage, LIBER 2014, News, Office AnnouncementsBy LIBER Europe

11 Case Studies Released on Research Data Management in Libraries

In July 2012, LIBER’s E-Science working group released ‘Ten recommendations for libraries to get started with research data management’. Since then, several libraries across Europe have started to build up or have expanded their capacities for research data management, typically combining e-infrastructure and support services. To further encourage libraries in continuing this process, LIBER’s Steering…

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July 3, 2014 1 CommentHomepage, News, Scholarly Communication and Research InfrastructuresBy LIBER Europe

Live Streaming of LIBER’s Annual Conference

LIBER’s Annual Conference is being streamed live from Riga, Latvia this week. Via the streaming link, you can watch all of our plenary sessions. The broadcasts will take place at the following times CET. July 2nd 12:00-14:00 July 3rd 10:00-11:00, 12:45-13:45, 15:30-16:30 July 4th 10:00-10:45 The times listed on the streaming link are the local…

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July 1, 2014 Leave a commentLIBER 2014, NewsBy LIBER Europe

European Research Organisations Call On Elsevier To Withdraw TDM Policy

Eighteen European research and library organisations, including LIBER, are today calling on Elsevier to withdraw its current policy on text and data mining (TDM) Our request has been laid out and explained in an open letter to Michiel Kolman, Senior VP Global Academic Relations at the academic publishing company. We believe that Elsevier’s current TDM policy places unnecessary…

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July 1, 2014 9 CommentsAdvocacy and Communications, News, Text and Data MiningBy LIBER Europe

Open Access Publishers Join Opposition To EPC Copyright Vision

Six Open Access (OA) publishers have joined LIBER and LERU in publicly stating their opposition to the European Publishers Council’s EPC Copyright Vision Paper 2014: Copyright Enabled on the Network. They are: Cameron Neylon, PLOS Brian Hole, Ubiquity Press Mark Patterson, eLife Peter Binfield, PeerJ Rupert Gatti, Open Book Publishers Xenia van Edig, Copernicus Publications The OA publishers…

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July 1, 2014 Leave a commentAdvocacy and Communications, Copyright, NewsBy LIBER Europe

Glasgow School of Art Seeks Book Donations After Fire

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…

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June 26, 2014 Leave a commentBlog (opinion / personal view)By LIBER Europe