On 11 November, OpenMinTeD (a project in which LIBER participates) and Europeana organised a workshop titled ‘Text and Data Mining in Europe: Challenges and Action’. The goal of the workshop was to bring together content providers (publishers, data centers, museums and libraries) who are open to making their data available for Text and Data Mining (TDM).…
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 LIBER Office wishes all of our members, along with the wider library and cultural heritage community, a wonderful holiday season. Our office will close for two weeks from 21 December 2015. We will reopen on 4 January 2015.
The LIBER Office wishes all of our members, along with the wider library and cultural heritage community, a wonderful holiday season. Our office will close for two weeks from 21 December 2015. We will reopen on 4 January 2015.
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.
The PASTEUR4OA project is pleased to invite you to Amsterdam on 17-18 May 2016 for their final conference: Green Light for Open Access: Aligning Europe’s OA Policies. The conference comes at a time of high interest in open access, and as its many benefits are now being widely recognised. These include more equal access to…
We are seeking LIBER members willing to contribute to the EC funded project AARC (Authentication and Authorization for Research and Collaboration), in which LIBER is an active partner, representing the research libraries community. AARC aims to develop an integrated cross-discipline authentication and authorization framework, built on existing and on production federated infrastructures. With that aim,…
Gema Bueno de La Fuente is LIBER’s newest project officer. She will primarily be responsible for the AARC and LEARN projects, where she looks forward to applying her knowledge of topics such as open science and research data. Before coming to LIBER, Gema worked in Spain as Assistant Professor at the iSchool, University Carlos III…
Research data management in libraries is a moving target and, at the same time, an area where libraries can step into a new leadership role. Libraries are engaging at institutional, national and international levels to promote new roles for libraries in research data (e.g. the Research Data Alliance and via several European projects). With a…
This week LIBER signed a joint statement together with several large European research infrastructures outlining a common vision for a European Open Science Cloud(OSC). This common vision is an essential starting point for the development of the Cloud and we hope that the plans for the development of the Cloud will take this into account.…
On Tuesday November 3rd a small delegation from LIBER including Executive Director Susan Reilly and Executive Board Member Martin Hallik, and led by LIBER President, Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen, met with Vice-President of the European Commission, Andrus Ansip. The Vice-President is responsible for leading the Digital Single Market project. Launched on the same day as the Hague…
As part of its Digital Single Market Strategy, released on 6 May 2015, the European Commission announced its intention to launch a European Cloud as a way of achieving the aim of maximising the growth potential of the digital economy. Since then, Commissioners Günther Oettinger and Carlos Moedas have elaborated on their plans to create…
