LIBER wishes to recruit a full-time Executive Director who will drive forward its strategic goals and future development. This challenging and rewarding role offers: a unique opportunity to work with European research libraries and library organisations in forging closer co-operation at a pan-European level a position at the forefront of research library developments in Europe,…
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In May 2015, LIBER will launch its first Leadership Journées Programme exclusively for Library Directors. This will take place at Sciences Po (Paris Institute of Political Studies) in the heart of Paris from 20-22 May 2015 (Wednesday-Friday). The Paris Institute of Political Studies is ideally located on the Left Bank in the 7th arrondissement, near the River…
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On the eve of the closing of the European Consultation on Science 2.0, LIBER has issued a statement both welcoming the Consultation as a step towards strengthening the competitiveness of European research, and calling on the European Commission to take measures towards enabling Open Science. In commenting on the position statement, LIBER President, Ms. Kristiina…
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This week the 4th plenary of Research Data Alliance took place in Amsterdam. Over 500 delegates came from across the globe to discuss all things research data related. Researchers, data scientists, IT and infrastructure professionals and providers, policy makers, funders, educators, and libraries are just some of the stakeholders that were represented amongst the participants.…
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FOSTER (Facilitate Open Science Training for European Research) is a 2-year, EU-Funded (FP7) project, carried out across 8 countries by 13 partners, including LIBER. The primary aim is to produce a Europe-wide training programme that will help researchers, postgraduate students, librarians and other stakeholders to incorporate Open Access approaches into their existing research methodologies and…
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Save the date! LIBER’s next Annual Conference will take place in London from 24 to 26 June, 2015. It will be hosted by Senate House Library, Imperial College Library, LSE Library and UCL Library Services. The 2015 Conference website will be available in October 2014. In the meantime, this promotional video gives a sneak preview…
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On 29 August, the National Library of Latvia — home of the LIBER 2014 Annual Conference — was officially opened. An impressive list of VIP guests formally addressed the Opening Ceremony in the Concert Hall. They included the President of the Republic of Latvia, Mr Andris Bērziņš; Her Royal Highness Princess Petra Laurentien of the Netherlands, Princess of…
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LIBER and IFLA, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The two organisations share objectives in promoting access to knowledge for education, learning, and research. Significant areas of common interest in the fields of copyright frameworks supporting the mission of libraries and the extension of library and research activities…
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LIBER has joined with a group of 58 signatories representing research institutions, civil society and publishers in calling on STM to withdraw their new model licences. In an open letter the group expressed their shared concern that these licences “would limit the use, reuse and exploitation of research. They would make it difficult, confusing or…
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By Wiebke van Ekeris, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg As a newcomer to the fields of research data management and data curation, I attended my first LIBER workshop in Vienna. And I really enjoyed it! When I travelled back to my working place, which is the University Library of Freiburg in southern Germany, I had lots of impressions (both of…
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In 2015, LIBER launched the third round of its international leadership development programme. This highly successful seminar is aimed at the next generation of leaders in European Research libraries. The Leadership Seminar programme is designed for people who are already in management positions in libraries and who wish to enhance their leadership qualities in preparation…
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