The LIBER Award for Library Innovation was instituted by LIBER, with support from Elsevier. It honours the three abstracts which best describe innovative work in the field of the overall theme of the LIBER 2012 Annual Conference ‘Mobilising the knowledge economy for Europe’. The Programme Committee for the 41st LIBER Annual Conference has decided to present…
DetailsLIBER members, partners and followers are welcome to freely use, print and share LIBER promotional leaflets. Now available in more than 15 European languages! LIBER’s communication activities reflect the language diversity of the European continent, which has resulted in the publishing of more than 15 language versions of its promotional leaflet. All the versions are available…
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LIBER has the pleasure to welcome its newest colleague. Marieke Willems has joined the LIBER Office this week. She will be responsible for communication activities relating to European projects in which LIBER is a partner. Marieke holds a MSc in Communication science from the Radboud University in Nijmegen and a Master in Business Administration from the Escuela…
DetailsLIBER was represented at the Horizon 2020 Consultation in Rome by its President Paul Ayris and its Project Officer, Susan Reilly. During this 2 day event in Rome libraries came under the spotlight as having a key role to play in advocating for, proving training in, and producing guidelines in order to support researchers in…
DetailsLIBER Quarterly 21-3/4 is now published. In this issue: Editorial: Changes all around An Overview of Research Infrastructures in Europe – and Recommendations to LIBER Norbert Lossau Developing European Library Services in Changing Times Paul Ayris The Role of the National and University Library of Slovenia in a…
DetailsThe MedOAnet project is seeking submissions from research institutions, funders and publishers. MedOANet is carrying out surveys among research performing institutions, research funders and academic and research publishers in order to map the current situation of Open Access in terms of policies and practices in Greece, Turkey, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. The surveys are…
DetailsNational and regional coordination of Open Access strategies, policies and structures in six Mediterranean countries – Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Turkey – is the main goal of MedOANet (Mediterranean Open Access Network), a two-year project funded under the Science in Society Programme of the EC 7th Framework Programme. It will do so by…
DetailsLIBER will be represented at a Horizon 2020 workshop to consult with stakeholders to define a strategic roadmap for e-Infrastructures and provide an opportunity for representatives of Member States to coordinate strategies. The European Commission is holding a Horizon 2020 workshop to consult with stakeholders to define a strategic roadmap for e-Infrastructures and provide an…
DetailsDear Sir/Madam, We would be very grateful if you would participate in a landscape survey carried out within the SIM4RDM (Supporting Infrastructure Models for research Data management) project. SIM4RDM is a new ERAnet project involving JISC (UK), HEA (Ireland) CSC (Finland), NIIFI (Hungary), SURF (Netherlands) and Nordforsk (Norway). Why is this survey important? Good…
DetailsBy joining LIBEReurope community in LinkedIn you could contribute to debates and discussions, get updates in news and find your new professional contacts. The growing popularity of professional LinkedIn network has been also reflected in LIBER’s LinkedIn group, which has just reached 1000 members! Thank You! Members of this group can post their own discussions,…
DetailsAre you one of many research librarians who are still struggling to organise and curate your digital resources? Then this LIBER workshop is for you! “Partnerships in curating European digital resources” – Florence, Italy, 7-8 May 2012 ‘Do not go at this game alone’, was the unmistakable advice given to LIBER libraries at the end…
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A joint Europeana Libraries and the European Library meeting was held in Belgrade from the 14th to the 16th Of November
