Optical character recognition (OCR) and handwritten text recognition (HTR) are processes most libraries are familiar with when digitising (large volumes of) text. The automated software recognises characters, which are then available for e.g. keyword search and computational analysis. The rise of machine learning applications saw a corresponding rise in HTR and improvements in OCR quality. …
Founded in 1971 and based in The Hague, LIBER is Europe’s largest research library network. We help our university, national and special libraries to support world-class research. Due to the departure of the current position holder, LIBER is looking for a Communications Manager who can lead the drafting, implementing and measuring LIBER’s communication activities, and…
During LIBER’s 2020 Meeting of Participants, held as part of our LIBER 2020 Online Annual Conference, two Executive Board members were appointed. In this blog post you can read about our new Board members and other changes to LIBER’s leadership. New Executive Board Members The two people appointed by a vote of LIBER Participants to…
Are you planning a new library building project? Are you looking for inspiration? Help? Advice? LIBER and the LIBER Architecture Group (LAG) have today launched Library buildings in Europe, a website dedicated to inspiring and supporting anyone working on a library building project – a new building, an extension, a renovation, or a reworking of…
LIBER’s Innovative Metrics Working Group has published a new report for those based in libraries who are trying to address challenges of metrics in relation to research with senior management. The report highlights common pitfalls when discussing metrics as well as new approaches — DORA, the Leiden Manifesto, the Metric Tide —being adopted by certain…
LIBER is pleased to welcome Iris Buunk as the newest member of the team. As a Community Engagement and Communications Officer, Iris will be responsible for stakeholder engagement activities related to European projects SSHOC, INOS and reCreating Europe, and will support the communications and outreach activities of LIBER. Iris has extensive experience in knowledge sharing…
LIBER’s 2019-2020 Annual Report is online! We are delighted to share our activities, progress and achievements for the period June 2019 to May 2020. In the past year, we’ve strengthened network ties, in many ways. For example, by: securing a role for research libraries in EOSC; intensifying our cooperation with the International Alliance of Research…
The Chair of LIBER’s FIM4L Working Group, Jos Westerbeke, was recently invited to present the group’s work on federated authentication with Single Sign-On (SSO) to the United Nations Library and Information Network for Knowledge Sharing (UN-LINKS). UN libraries were interested in the work of LIBER’s FIM4L group because, together, they are actively searching for the…
LIBER Quarterly is the peer reviewed, open access journal of LIBER, the Association of European Research Libraries. The journal covers all aspects of modern research librarianship and scientific information delivery. It strives to link Library and Information Sciences (LIS) scholars and research-library practitioners by publishing both theoretical contributions and examples of good practices. The role…
LIBER’s Linked Open Data Working Group is writing a best-practice guide to library Linked Open Data (LOD) publication. As part of that work, we want to get in touch with people in libraries with experience in this field. Would you like to share your library’s LOD publishing success story? If so, please let us know!…
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…
