RERO, a network of more than 260 university, special, patrimonial and public libraries in Western Switzerland, is seeking a new director. The responsibilities for this position are as follows: “Under the supervision of the RERO Strategic Council, which is nominated by the CIIP (Conférence Intercantonale de l’Instruction publique de la Suisse romande et du Tessin),…
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If you could change the future of copyright in Europe in as little as 15 minutes, would you? You currently have the chance to do exactly that. Image Credit: Flickr / Images Money, CC by-2.0 Until March 5th, everyone can share opinions on copyright with the European Commission through its Copyright Consultation and yes, your…
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What do you think of the current LIBER website? How could we improve it? Answers to those questions and more were recently gathered through our website survey. We launched the survey as a way of gathering opinions from the LIBER community ahead of a planned website redesign for 2014. Library directors, researchers and policy makers…
DetailsThe Workshop on Classification and Subject Indexing in Library and Information Science (LIS’2014) will be held in conjunction with the European Conference on Data Analysis at the Jacobs University Bremen (July 2-3rd, 2014). Contributions are being sought on the role of classification and data analysis in this domain. Topics in these area include but are…
DetailsLIBER, Europe’s largest network of research libraries, has set out its position on European copyright reform through a statement which prioritises three high-level principles. The principles are: Copyright should foster, not hinder, innovation and competitiveness. Access to and use of publicly funded research should not be unduly restricted by copyright. Preservation of, and access…
DetailsFinally, it’s out! If you have been paying attention to European Commission activities, you will have noticed that the Horizon 2020 (H2020) work programme has been released. Designed to boost Europe’s knowledge driven economy, H2020 will provide a whopping €15 billion worth of funding for research and innovation activities in Europe and beyond over the…
DetailsAre you innovative and flexible, and would you like to work for an international library organisation? Are you aware of recent developments in the library sector? Do you have a good oral and written knowledge of English? Do you have a talent for working with stakeholders from different countries? Come join the LIBER team. LIBER…
DetailsOn November 12, LIBER travelled to Brussels for a special event: Copyright and research and innovation policy. The case of Text and Data Mining. The session was organized by Copryright for Creativity and hosted by MEPs Amelia Andersdotter (Swedish, Greens/EFA), Marietje Schaake (Dutch, ALDE ) and Paweł Zalewski (Polish, EPP) in the European Parliament (download the…
DetailsWe take pleasure in inviting you to the next APARSEN webinar on Certification of Digital Preservation Repositories. The webinar will be held on 9 December, 15:00 Central European Time (14:00 UK time) via web-meeting and is scheduled to last 2 hours. Successful digital preservation depends heavily on the longevity of trustworthy archives. Certification of data…
DetailsWe would like to invite you to complete the online survey that has been launched by the RECODE project. The aim of the survey is to identify existing technological barriers to open access and the preservation of research data, as well as to determine any existing solutions that are being used to mitigate these barriers.…
DetailsOpen-access publishing has grown dramatically in the last five years. There have been many positive initiatives to help researchers communicate and access information in a sustainable way. However, as with many paradigm shifts, there are growing pains associated, including predatory journal practices and lack of clarity around terms and options. Elsevier’s Library Connect program recently hosted a…
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Would you like to present at LIBER’s 43rd Annual Conference? Our Programme Committee is now accepting paper and poster proposals that relate to the Conference theme “Research Libraries In The 2020 Information Landscape”. Submissions can be made via this website until 15 February 2014. Topics of interest are listed below. For general information about the…
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