« Join us on 23 April at 1400 CET for a LIBER Webinar: Turning FAIR Data Into Reality — Progress and Plans from the European Commission FAIR Data Expert Group.
In this webinar, Simon Hodson, Executive Director of CODATA and Chair of the
« LIBER’s Digital Humanities & Digital Cultural Heritage Working Group is gathering literature for libraries with an interest in digital humanities.
Four teams, each with a specific focus, have assembled a list of must-read papers, articles and reports. The recommendations in this article (the fourth and last in…
« On 20 February, LIBER was in Brussels along with colleagues from Science Europe and EARE for two copyright-related events: a breakfast in the European Parliament and a meeting with Mariya Gabriel, the Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society.
In both cases, we stressed the…
« The Call for Papers for LIBER’s 2018 Annual Conference — in Lille, France from 4 to 6 July 2018 — is now open.
The deadline for submitting a proposal is 19 February 2018. Guidance and conference topics are outlined in detail below.
Research libraries as an Open Science hub: from strategy to action
…« Three Strategic Directions are at the heart of our Strategy, positioning research libraries as Platforms for Innovative Scholarly Communication, Hubs for Digital Skills & Services and Partners in Research Infrastructure. Activities under each direction will provide direct support to LIBER’s network of 400+ libraries. (…) »
« The European Commission’s proposed exception for Text and Data Mining remains too narrow and should be changed so that anyone with lawful access to content can use technology to read that content. In addition, the proposals should be modified so that scientists can ensure their results are reproducible and verifiable.
…« In order for open science to happen, it is important to get out of your own bubble and connect to stakeholders with different interests in science, policy, research workflows and infrastructures. That is why LIBER hosted an Open Science Cafe at the Open Science Fair in Athens last September. The…
« Research libraries are closely watching the European Commission’s current work to reform copyright legislation because libraries and their users will be directly impacted by any changes to the law. Particularly interesting for libraries is a proposed new exception for Text and Data Mining (TDM) but numerous issues related to this…
« Our 2017 Annual Conference in Patras, Greece was a great success, largely thanks to the informative and thoughtful presentations given by professionals from LIBER libraries across Europe and our broader global library community.
After the conference, we asked all delegates to share their opinions via a survey. Using the results…
« Pour aider les bibliothèques à négocier avec les éditeurs le passage d’un modèle économique basé sur les abonnements à un financement du libre accès des articles publiés, de type auteur-payeur (« Article Processing Charge »-APC), l’association européenne Liber préconise cinq « principes » à respecter : (…) »
