21 October, 11AM CET. Online Discussion: In March 2020,at the height of the global lockdown, UNESCO estimated that more than 1.5 billion students in 193 countries were affected by closures in schools and universities. Teaching and learning had to move off-campus and online overnight. With libraries suddenly closed in many countries, access to many…
From 2018-2020, LIBER’s Working Group on Digital Skills surveyed and interviewed colleagues across Europe to identify examples of good practice in Open Science skilling and training programmes. The case reviews have been gathered and published on Zenodo and highlight the many different approaches taken to Open Science upskilling across Europe. The case studies describe the…
A number of European recommendations – including the LERU’s advice paper “Citizen Science at Universities: Trends, Guidelines and Recommendations” – highlight the importance of creating a single point of contact for citizen science within the institution. In this webinar, organised by LIBER`s Citizen Science Working Group, four speakers share what they are doing to devise…
Europe’s new Copyright Directive includes a mandatory text and data mining (TDM) exception for non-commercial research. This opens up new opportunities for libraries to support researchers in this exciting new area of work. In this webinar, held on 12 March 2020 and organised by LIBER’s Copyright & Legal Matters Working Group, two LIBER libraries shared what they…
This webinar, presented on 6 March 2020, was organised by LIBER’s Innovative Metrics Group. The webinar looked at why metrics is currently such a hot topic in academia, and at how new text mining technology could deepen our understanding of the ‘knowledge potential’ of research. In the first presentation, Dr Charlotte Wien (Professor of Scholarly Communication at the…
What to keep in terms of research data has been a recognised issue for some time but research data management (and, in particular, appraisal and selection) has become a more significant focus in recent years. Researchers, librarians, data curators, and policy makers all need to answer the question, what research data should be kept? We…
Digital or innovation “labs” in library or museum settings have been around for about ten years. The lab is usually a place for experimenting with digital collections in novel ways to reach new audiences or to explore new technologies. These, sometimes temporary, teams within a library, archives, or museum/gallery (GLAM) can support a range of…
Within an Open Science framework, implementing Responsible Research practices requires knowledge and skills. LIBER’s Digital skills for Library staff and researchers Working Group and FIT4RRI are presenting this webinar to help foster skills development in Academia throughout Europe. The webinar presents trends in Open Science skilling in Europe with a focus on Research integrity, and specifically on Responsible Research…
This webinar introduces the key factors in planning library spaces, followed by a case study of the recently completed and much acclaimed Student Centre at University College London (UCL). The first talk by Karen Latimer — Library Design Consultant — covers the planning stage, the construction phase and post-occupancy evaluation. Topics such as preparing the…
What does Europe’s new Copyright Directive mean for your library? In this webinar, LIBER’s Copyright & Legal Matters working group reviews the key points of the Directive, expanding on the points in this blog post. The implementation of the Copyright Directive on a national level is also discussed. This is critical because all European Directives set high-level…
There are many guides, checklists and workshops that address the services and skills needed for effective data curation. However, what researchers think they need, and our assumptions about what they need in a real-world data situation can often be very different. Every institution has an infrastructure with unique challenges, and every discipline has its own…
There has been tremendous growth in the amount of digital content created by libraries, publishers, cultural institutions and the general public. While there are great benefits to having content available in digital form, digital objects can be extremely short-lived unless proper attention is paid to preservation. In this webinar, taking place on World Digital Preservation Day,…
