LIBER’s Open Access Working Group wants to help libraries to share their experiences with Open Access. By exchanging information we can better understand what works, what the challenges are and find ways of speeding up the transition from subscription-based systems to Open Access (OA). One of the ways we are contributing to the information exchange is through…
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The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) will be launched in Vienna on 23 November and research libraries will have a major role to play in this new infrastructure, which is aimed at Europe’s 1.7 million researchers. Research libraries are the channels through which knowledge and data will reach the EOSC. They can promote the new…
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Reposting of EOSCpilot website content: The EOSCpilot project’s second and final EOSC Stakeholders Forum will be held on 21-22 November 2018 at the Austria Center Vienna. The event will have a crucial role in the implementation of the EOSC work plan. Building on the challenges faced and the outcomes of the fifteen Science Demonstrators within EOSCpilot, the Stakeholders Forum…
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Participating in EU funded projects, having a dedicated Working Group on Open Access and being present and at the forefront of discussions and initiatives, LIBER has established Open Access and Open Science at the core of its strategy and vision. LIBER is once again promoting and encouraging Open Access Week (22-26 October 2018) by supporting…
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LIBER is Europe’s largest research library network. Our network consists mainly of university, national and special libraries. Together we help libraries support world-class research. LIBER was founded in 1971 and is based in The Hague. In November 2017, LIBER launched its new Strategy for 2018-2022: Research Libraries, Powering Sustainable Knowledge in the Digital Age. To…
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The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) will build a trusted environment for open cross-disciplinary research in Europe. Millions of researchers, science and technology professionals will be able to use the EOSC, and they will be supported by libraries in their natural roles as champions of Open Science infrastructures and tools, promotors of best practices and…
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LIBER is one of 19 partners starting work in January 2019 on SSHOC: a new project to create a European open cloud ecosystem for social sciences and humanities (SSH). Funded under the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, SSHOC will make data, tools and training available and accessible for users of SSH data. It will encourage secure…
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Helping researchers to effectively manage, archive and share their data can be challenging. TU Delft believes that in data management there tend to be very few (if any) one-size fit all solutions. In addition, centralised support does not always find its way to all the departments and faculties. Therefore, there is a need to offer…
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There has been significant media coverage of the vote in the European Parliament last week on a revised Copyright Directive. Off the back of the mixed results, we (LIBER’s Copyright & Legal Matters Working Group) thought it appropriate to summarise where we stand in the process leading up to a new European Directive on copyright…
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The European Parliament today voted to approve proposed changes to copyright reform. LIBER welcomes improvements which will help libraries to better preserve, digitise and share their collections but remains deeply concerned that a lack of support for critical technologies such as Text and Data Mining (TDM) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) imply a bleak future for…
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The European Parliament will hold a critical vote on the draft copyright directive on Wednesday. It may be last time the details of the Directive are discussed in an open and transparent way. LIBER is therefore asking its libraries to contact their Members of the European Parliament and encourage them to vote in support of…
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As a long-standing advocate for Open Science, LIBER fully welcomes Plan S: an ambitious new initiative from national public research funders and the European Commission to make full and immediate Open Access to research publications a reality. Under PlanS, all research which has been funded by a coalition of 11 national public research funders (cOAlition S)…
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