LIBER has officially responded to the European Commission’s consultation on the Horizon 2020 programme ‘Science with and for Society’. As described by the Commission, the programme aims to “build effective cooperation between science and society, to recruit new talent for science, and to pair scientific excellence with social awareness and responsibility”. This includes objectives such…
LIBER’s 2016 Annual Conference in Helsinki, Finland was our biggest yet, with 541 registered delegates and over 40 speakers. How do you summarise three days of intense discussions, inspiring talks, and of course plenty of networking during the lively social events? It’s a tall order but we’ve selected a few highlights. For more information on the conference,…
LIBER is in charge of running the OpenAIRE FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot. The pilot recently completed its first year of operation, and has already committed its first €1 million in funding, out of €4 million total. Some results of the work done so far are included in a progress report. Highlights include: 421 funding requests…
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…
The European Commission recently held an open consultation seeking views on the role of publishers in the copyright value chain, including potentially expanding neighbouring rights to publishers. LIBER’s Executive Director Susan Reilly recently attended a high-level working lunch with MEP Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, to present the view of research libraries on this issue.
On 14 June 2016 I presented the FutureTDM and OpenMinTeD projects, in which LIBER is a partner, at the Member State Expert Group on Digitisation and Digital Preservation meeting in Luxembourg. I was asked to talk about Text and Data Mining techniques using Cultural Heritage data, since large Cultural Heritage datasets have become available through digitisation.…
LIBER has responded to the EC consultation on the role of publishers in the copyright value chain. On behalf of the LIBER Copyright Working Group, who compiled this response, we would like to thank our LIBER members who provided invaluable feedback. Members can also submit their own responses to the consultation which closes tomorrow, Wednesday…
Please note that the closing date for nominations for appointments to the LIBER Executive Board at the Meeting of Participants in Helsinki is Thursday 16 June 2016. Appointments will take place at the LIBER 2016 Annual Conference, later this month. Nominations are being accepted for the role of LIBER Treasurer and for two vacancies on the…
On May 27 2016, EU Member States affirmed their commitment to accelerating the advancement of knowledge and boosting innovation and competitiveness in Europe by adopting Council Conclusions on the Transition Towards and Open Science System. We, the European and international library community, welcome this development and support a rapid transition towards Open Science as a high priority for us…
LIBER has been appointed to represent libraries on the European Commission’s new Open Science Policy Platform. President Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen will speak for LIBER and its 400+ members on the high-level advisory group. She joins 24 other experts representing universities, research organisations, funders, publishers, policy platforms and citizen science groups across Europe. “LIBER is the principal network…
The Metrics Working Group, established under LIBER’s Scholarly Communication and Research Infrastructures Steering Committee, has officially started its activities. The primary focus of the Metrics Working Group is to exchange best practices that can be used to develop recommendations for the optimal use of metrics in libraries and information infrastructures. The Working Group would also…
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) met in Vancouver from 24 to 28 April 2016. The two North American associations have a joint meeting every five years, so the meeting this year with almost 200 members present was much bigger than typical spring meetings. Both bodies also…
