On foot of the closing of Licences for Europe the European Commission had announced the launch of a consultation and a review of the European Copyright framework. LIBER, Europe’s largest network of research libraries, welcomes the European Commission’s launch of a consultation on the copyright framework and calls on the Commission to look at how…
DetailsPaper and poster proposals can now be submitted for IFLA’s upcoming newspaper conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. Through the theme Start Spreading the News! the conference will explore topics such as marketing strategies for online newspaper content and use of news content for research purposes. Examples include, but are not limited to: Use of social…
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The EU-funded ENUMERATE network invites libraries to take its survey on the state of digitisation, digital preservation and online access to cultural heritage in Europe. The ENUMERATE survey will gather data about: digitisation activity the cost of digital collections access to digital collections the preservation of digital heritage materials In return for participating…
DetailsWe’d like your help to make LIBER’s website better. Please share your opinions via a short survey. It should take less than 10 minutes to complete the survey. The results will influence how we change the website in 2014. You can give your views any time up until December 1st. Once we’ve analysed the results, we’ll post…
DetailsThe report from the stakeholder workshop on creating the right conditions for text and data mining in Europe is now available. Creating the right conditions for text and data mining in Europe is an important and pressing issue for stakeholders from both research and industry. LIBER, has taken the lead on this issue and, in…
DetailsThe MedOANet project releases Guidelines for implementing open access policies for research performing and research funding organisations. The aim of the Guidelines is the coordination of policy-development in the six Mediterranean countries that participate in the project (France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Turkey). They provide concise and targeted guidance for a harmonised approach towards…
DetailsLinked Open Data (LOD) has become a widespread method for the publication and management of data on the web. Many libraries and related institutions have already run projects or launched products that comply with the LOD paradigm. New projects, services and tools are emerging continuously. The SWIB conference in Hamburg, Germany (November 25-27th, 2013) aims to…
DetailsThe European Commission has published a report of its public consultation on open research data, held in July in Brussels. The report summarises the views of a wide variety of stakeholders (eg. researchers, industry, research funders, libraries, publishers, infrastructure developers) in response to five key questions: How can we define research data and what…
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LIBER’s Executive Board recently met at the University of Debrecen, Hungary for their annual October board meeting. During the meeting, the following topics were discussed: EUROPEAN PROJECTS AND STEERING COMMITTEE WORK The Board discussed the progress of European projects in which LIBER is involved. Chairs of the Steering Committees and Fora shared their progress with…
DetailsThe final conference of the MedOANet project took place in Athens on 17-18 October 2013. As President of LIBER, I was invited to be a member of a roundtable panel on the second day of the conference, and to give the summing up at the end of the event. MedOANet is an EU-funded project and…
DetailsThe program is set for the fifth annual OCLC Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Regional Council Meeting, the first to take place in Africa. The theme, “Library Community in Action: advancing knowledge, cooperation and innovation,” will address the importance of community—exploring how a cooperative approach can make a difference and what greater collaboration between…
DetailsThe 80th IFLA world library and information congress will take place in Lyon, France, at the City Convention Centre from August 16th to the 22nd. The theme for this congress will be “Libraries, Citizens, Societies : Confluence for Knowledge”. Calls for communications and posters will be published on the free list IFLA-L – keep an…
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