Europe’s incoming Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market contains two new exceptions allowing text and data mining (TDM). The Directive is currently being implemented by all member states and must come into force no later than June 2021. Article 3 grants universities, educational establishments and libraries the right to mine in-copyright works to…
A main outcome of the SSHOC Project, in which LIBER is a partner, is the creation of a SSH Open Marketplace: a first-class research environment offering tools, services, training materials, research papers and other useful resources for digital researchers, particularly those working in the social sciences and humanities. To ensure the SSH Open Marketplace matches…
During this unprecedented global emergency, LIBER calls on European Commissioners, Member State governments, publishers and authors to urgently help libraries, universities and other educational establishments, so that they can continue supplying researchers, teachers and students with access to books, archives and other instructional materials. In our statement, issued 9 April 2020, we ask for: Member…
Dear LIBER network, The coronavirus is having an unprecedented effect on life and working routines around the globe. Research libraries are also impacted by this crisis. With many physical buildings forced to close, virtual library teams are working harder than ever to provide digital support to students and researchers. On behalf of LIBER’s Executive Board…
LIBER has won a role in Open Research Europe (ORE): a project which will build a new peer-reviewed Open Access publishing platform so that Horizon 2020 beneficiaries can publish research openly and free of charge. Funded by the European Commission, the ORE project will run for four years. The platform will start accepting articles in…
The coronavirus is having a severe impact on research libraries across Europe. Many LIBER libraries have already adjusted services or even closed entirely. LIBER is also affected. As a result of the coronavirus, we are cancelling this year’s Annual Conference in Belgrade. The next in-person Annual Conference will be held in Belgrade in June 2021.…
How are Europe’s research libraries responding to the coronavirus? What are the measures which can, and should, be taken? Giannis Tsakonas, head of the university library in Patras, shares what his library is doing now that all academic institutions in Greece are closed. We encourage all libraries to tell us what they are doing by…
A mandatory exception for Text and Data Mining (TDM) for research, included in Europe’s new Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM), risks being undermined by the Technical Protection Measures (TPMs) of publishers. Submissions to a survey on content blocking — carried out by LIBER’s Copyright & Legal Matters Working Group and the…
LIBER’s five-year Strategy — covering the period 2018-2022 — includes as a key pillar the vision of a research landscape in which Open Access is the predominant form of publishing. With the midpoint of our ambitious strategy approaching, we reflect on what has been achieved so far and look ahead to continuing to further Open…
LIBER is pleased to welcome Nienke van Schaverbeke to the Office team in The Hague as Partnerships and Event Manager. In this new role, Nienke is responsible for furthering collaborations with the wider network, for seeking effective partnerships within the European research environment, and for developing and organising successful and inspiring events for the LIBER…
Tell us and the Libraries Archives Copyright Alliance (LACA) if you have been blocked from access to electronic content in the context of data mining. Our Copyright & Legal Matters Working Group is working with LACA to gather evidence about what happens when Technical Protection Measures (TPMs) block researchers from accessing content because they have…
Are you a research librarian working in Europe? If so, you have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to help shape your national copyright legislation. Speak up for libraries and research so that your library benefits from new activities and services. If you don’t, your library’s ability to serve users could be unnecessarily restricted. This unique situation stems…
