Need data science training? Consider participating in a special LIBER 2019 Satellite Event, Library Carpentry Instructor Training for Librarians, on 24-25 June. This workshop, which teaches you how to teach technical subjects better, is organized by the Library Carpentry community. The organisers have kindly offered a discounted rate for staff working in LIBER libraries. What […]
ACS Publications announces the addition of ACS Materials Letters to its portfolio of journals, responding to the needs of the ever-expanding and fast-paced global research community focused on materials science. The journal began accepting submissions in early February, with its first articles and issues appearing online a few months thereafter. The journal is dedicated to publishing the […]
Academic libraries are often at the crossroads of increasing their involvement in institutional research activities, primarily by improving management of research data and output, leveraging their expertise in data curation, resource management, and content dissemination. Libraries are already supporting various research activities, but are often challenged to scale up to support more researchers and demonstrate […]
docWorks is the first software choice for any institution interested in library digitization. docWorks combines all conversion steps, scan correction, layout analysis, OCR and METS/ALTO export, in a single workflow. The seamless and automated process is fast and cost effective as it eliminates transfer errors and lost data deliveries. METS/ALTO ensures that your data is […]
Springer Nature advances discovery by publishing robust and insightful research, supporting the development of new areas of knowledge, making ideas and information accessible around the world, and leading the way on open access. Key to this is our ability to provide the best possible service to the whole research community: helping authors to share their […]
www.retronews.fr, le site presse de la BnF is published by BnF Partenariats, the sister company of the BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France). RetroNews is the essential website to follow the writing of 3 centuries (1631-1950) in the French newspapers. We bring an innovative experience to readers, students, teachers and searchers with: Multifaceted research filters by […]
Every year, LIBER gives a number of staff in our participating libraries a grant to enable them to attend our Annual Conference. This is done through our Conference Fund. In 2018, Aggeliki Giannopoulou of University of Patras, Greece was one recipient of the Conference Fund. Why did you apply for the LIBER Conference Fund? I applied […]
The Call for Papers for LIBER’s 2019 Annual Conference in Dublin, from 26 to 28 June, is now open. The deadline for submitting a proposal is 14 January 2019. Guidance and conference topics are outlined in detail below. Theme: Research Libraries for Society In this time of information overload, ‘fake news’, ever-growing possibilities of digital scholarship […]
LIBER’s 47th Annual Conference in Lille, France brought 440 research library professionals together for a week of discussions focused on doing more with Open Science, and on related topics such as metrics, research data management and copyright reform. Presentations are on the conference website and in our Zenodo group Photos are on LIBER’s Flickr account Live stream recordings are being […]
Livestream videos from LIBER 2018 are now available on the University of Lille website. Opening Ceremony A National Open Science Plan for France, Frédérique Vidal, French Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation Being open: our responsibilities in the emerging open science movement, Louise Page, PLOS Teaching Machines to Read and Understand Text Data, Alan Akbik, […]