(…) This article presents the results of a survey of directors of the Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER) academic member libraries to discover what types of research data services (RDS) are being offered by European academic research libraries and what services are planned for the future. (…) »
« The FAIR Data Principles are a hot topic in research data managment. Their adoption within the H2020 funding programme means researchers now have to pay much more attention to how their share, publish and archive their data.
In this light, how can libraries help their research communities implement the FAIR…
« In a statement released today, LIBER, CESAER, EUA, LERU and Science Europe — which together represent hundreds of universities, libraries, funders and research performing organisations — say amendments in five main areas are critical if Europe wants to be at…
« (…) On behalf of the LIBER Copyright Working Group, who compiled this response, we would like to thank our LIBER members who provided invaluable feedback. (…) »
« On May 27 2016, EU Member States affirmed their commitment to accelerating the advancement of knowledge and boosting innovation and competitiveness in Europe by adopting Council Conclusions on the Transition Towards and Open Science System.
We, the European and international library community, welcome this development and support a rapid…
« Open Access was in the spotlight on 17-18 May at the Green Light For Open Access Conference in Amsterdam. The conference, an officially associated event with the Dutch Presidency of the European Union, attracted some 150 experts, funders, research institutions, publishers and policy makers from…
« The upcoming calls in the H2020 work programme 2016/2017 offer new opportunities for LIBER and LIBER members to participate in bids for European project funding over the next two years. (…) »
« LIBER has co-signed a letter in response to comments made by Hachette Livre CEO Arnaud Nourry at this week’s International Publishers’ Congress.
The letter rejects entirely the argument that libraries are proxies for the commercial sector. It invites publishers and others to work with us in passing…
« … For thousands of years, libraries have been used as a way to gather and preserve knowledge in printed books. With the new age of digitalisation, internet and open access, the playing fields have changed, quickly and radically. Change in the library is necessary, but also a challenge…
« … The Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche (LIBER), launched The Hague Declaration on Knowledge Discovery in the Digital Age in Brussels on 6 May 2015. IFLA is an original signatory to the Declaration which aims to foster agreement about how to best enable…
