Today Commissioner Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission, has issued a strong statement backing Open Access to research outputs funded by the European taxpayer. Following in the steps of the Finch Report in the UK, the new statement on Open Access policy from Research Councils UK (RCUK), and the UK’s Royal Society Report on…
The Russell Group of research-intensive universities in the UK has welcomed in general terms the Royal Society’s Report on Open Data at http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/russell-group-latest-news/151-2012/5300-royal-society-report-on-open-science/. The Royal Society Report marks a watershed in the UK’s response to the challenges and opportunities of Open Data. The Report notes, nonetheless, that universities have commercial ambitions and these should…
The Russell Group has responded to the UK Government’s endorsement of the Finch Report, and its recommendation of Gold Open Access. The Russell Group of research universities in the UK is not positive about the UK Government's response to the Finch Report, nor about the Report's strong recommendations on Gold Open Access. See the Russell…
The UK Government has announced free access to all research funded by the British taxpayer within 2 years. The Guardian newspaper, at http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/15/free-access-british-scientific-research, has reported that the British Government has accepted all the major recommendations of the Finch report on broadening access to British research outputs. Read the article for more details. Once implemented in…
The final workshop for the AAA study was held in Brussels on the 12th of July. I presented the library requirement for an AAI. Below is this text to accompany my presentation. As Project Officer for LIBER, I have been working as part of the AAA Study group to help define the requirements for the…
LAG proudly presents a publication “New Library Buildings in Europe – Documentation 2012”, published on the occasion of the 16th seminar of the LIBER Architecture Group, held at the National Technical Library, Prague, 17 to 20 April 2012 For the publication in full-text PDF, please visit the seminar’s webpages: http://liber-lag2012.techlib.cz/en/ You can get access to…
3 keynotes at the LERU Summer School in Barcelona on Open Access set the tone for a week-long Summer School for young European researchers 9 July 2012 saw three keynotes at the LERU Summer School on Open Access at the University of Barcelona. The Summer School is designed for leading young European researchers, although there…
Check the output of the conference, which includes PPTs, blog posts, pictures, videos & more! Call for papers of the 42nd LIBER Annual Conference is open! The programme for LIBER’s 42nd annual conference in Munich is now available. Call for papers of the 42nd LIBER Annual Conference is open! Follow the LIBER conference online and…
The 3rd Doctoral Summer School by LERU (League of European Research Universities) is taking place 8-13 July 2012 in El Palau de Les Heures, Universitat de Barcelona. The LIBER President, Dr Paul Ayris, is giving a keynote paper on 9 July on Open Access and Beyond: the potential of Open Scholarship in European Universities. Susan…
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Check the output of the conference, which includes PPTs, blog posts, pictures, videos & more! Presentations: You can find all the presentations within the conference programme (“see presentation” at respective authors). Some of them might be not available (as yet), on author’s special request Photos: The different photos from the conference can be found at…
The 41st LIBER annual conference 2012 was officially opened by LIBER president Dr.Paul Ayris. Dr. Jaak Aaviksoo, minister of Education and Research of Estonia and Dr. Martin Halik, vice-rector for academic affairs at the University of Tartu each welcomed LIBER and the conference participants to Estonia and the University of Tartu. The ensemble of early…
