LIBER’s 45th Annual Conference kicks off this week in Helsinki, Finland. Over 500 delegates will be present for three days of keynote talks, presentations and workshops related to the theme Libraries Opening Paths to Knowledge. The conference will focus on the role of libraries as promoters of open science. It will highlight the work that European research…
LIBER’s Annual Conference is one of Europe’s biggest gatherings of library professionals, and we want to encourage librarians from across Europe to attend. That’s why we offer the Annual Conference Fund allows potential delegates from a number of countries to apply for free conference registration and a €500 grant towards travel costs. For 2016, participants…
Registration is now open for this year’s Annual Conference, to be held in Helsinki, Finland from 29 June to 1 July. As the main network for research libraries in Europe, our Annual Conference is one of the most important yearly gatherings for research library professionals to network and share information and ideas with one another. Early-bird registration…
New library systems are being launched, which will deeply affect how libraries carry out their core procedures and tasks. They include the upcoming cloud-based systems of the world‘s largest suppliers Ex Libris and OCLC, and Open Source systems under construction (e.g. Kuali OLE, KoHa). Libraries in countries across Europe and the United Kingdom are moving to…
A two-day workshop on Research Data Management in Libraries was held at LIBER’s 2015 Annual Conference. A report summarising the outcomes of the plenary discussions and the outbreak sessions is now available. The workshop targeted two core activity areas: The translation of institutional data management policies into research support services. The need to support researchers…
The Call for Papers for LIBER’s 2016 Annual Conference in Helsinki, Finland — from 29 June to 1 July — is now open. Submit your proposal before 15 February 2016.
LIBER’s Executive Board recently met on 22, 23 and 25 June 2015 in Senate House Library, London, UK, for its meetings held during the Annual Conference week. At the meeting, the Board discussed the Annual Report and Accounts 2014, the European Activities, the LIBER Strategy, the reports of the LIBER Steering Committee, and LIBER partnerships…
The closing date for nominations has now passed. Appointments to the following vacancies will be made at the Meeting of Participants in Senate House Library, London, on Thursday 25 June 2015: (1) BOARD MEMBER The following (3) Executive Board members have completed terms of office. They are eligible for re-appointment for a further term of…
At LIBER 2015, our upcoming Annual Conference, Dr Martin Paul Eve will feature as a keynote speaker. He is a Lecturer in English at the University of Lincoln, the author of Open Access and the Humanities: Contexts, Controversies and the Future and a founder and co-director of the Open Library of Humanities. LIBER recently spoke to…
The Call for Papers for LIBER’s 2015 Annual Conference — to be held in London, UK from 24-26 June — is now open. Submit your papers here for the conference, which will focus on the theme Towards Open Science. Open Science is underpinned by the following broad principles: Transparency in experimental methodology, observation, and collection of data Public…
Library professionals from across Europe presented at LIBER’s 2014 Annual Conference in Riga, Latvia. Following the conference, we asked delegates for their opinions about the conference in general, and on each presentation. Using this feedback, we came up with a list of the 10 most highly rated presentations from LIBER 2014. If you enjoy the…
