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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LIBER’s Digital Humanities and Digital Cultural Heritage working group is preparing a survey for the entire LIBER community, to gain a fuller understanding of the DH-world of European research libraries. We’ve been gathering input for this survey in many ways, including by conducting a mini-survey of our own working group members. Their answers both provide…
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Are researchers at your institution publishing in trusted journals? Do they know how to check the quality of journals, and select the most appropriate one for publication? Think. Check. Submit. offers guidance and a simple checklist to help researchers with these issues, and now they’re running a short survey. The feedback received will help Think. Check. Submit.…
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LIBER invites community contribution to the Open Consultation on the FAIR Data Action Plan, launched on 11 June 2018 during the second EOSC Summit in Brussels. The FAIR Data Action Plan was produced by the Horizon 2020 Commission Expert Group on Turning FAIR Data into Reality (E03464) with the aim to provide recommendations, indicators and input…
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LIBER sponsor RetroNews recently published an article on the LIBER blog, explaining how RetroNews was created and what it offers to researchers. Now, in the second part of this article, RetroNews explains how they use editorial content to highlight the collections found within the RetroNews collections. While the digitisation, selection, research and development workstreams are essential stages…
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Open science is gaining momentum, and research librarians are starting to invent new digital models, to implement new techniques and to spread a more open culture. In this light, what digital skills do librarians still need to develop? How can we do this, and which materials can help us to train, advocate and practice open…
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An English translation of France’s new national plan to activate Open Science — presented by the French Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Frédérique Vidal, at LIBER’s 2018 Annual Conference — is now available. Full text of the Minister’s speech National Plan for Open Science The plan is centered around three key committments: Generalise Open Access To…
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