LIBER Executive Board Meetings
Emerging Leaders Programme - Cohort 5 session
Executive Board Meetings
Registration
Digital Skills and Services Steering Committee meeting
Innovative Scholarly Communication Steering Committee meeting
Citizen Science Working Group meeting
Educational Resources Working Group meeting
Registration
Open to Society: New networks, strategy, and in practice
Digital Scholarship Now!
Data Science in Libraries: Landscape Analysis & Survey
Sharing and Caring: Research Libraries connecting with user communities and openly sharing electronic content for educational purposes
Positioning the library as a valued partner in our Universities in an open science world
Leadership: the next step
*This workshop is exclusively for those who have participated in cohorts 1-5 of the LIBER Emerging Leaders programme.
Data management cooperation in practice: Lessons learned
LIBER Four Urgent Recommendations for Open Access Negotiations with Publishers
Assessing, Financing and Maintaining Open Access Infrastructures: a New Role for Libraries
The eBook dilemma: copyright, licencing and digital lending in libraries
Newcomer Session
Lunch
Leadership Programmes Working Group meeting
Registration
Opening Ceremony
Opening Keynote

Chair: Julien Roche, LIBER Vice-President, Director of Libraries at University of Lille
Opening Keynote Speech by Oksana Brui, Ukrainian librarian, public activist, Ph.D in social communication, Director of the Scientific and Technical Library of 'Kyiv Igor Sikorsky Polytechnic Institute', since 2018 - the President of the Ukrainian Library Association.Coffee Break
Session 1: Libraries in the research landscape
Session 1 abstracts & biographies
Chair: Giannis Tsakonas, Library & Information Center, University of Patras, Greece- 1.1 Partners and pioneers: The role of academic and research libraries as active participants and leaders in the production of scholarly research, Matthew Greenhall, Research Libraries UK, United Kingdom
- 1.2 Engaging with researchers about Open Science at université Paris Dauphine-PSL (France) : the Open Science Bingo, Christine Okret-Manville, Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, France
- 1.3 The evolving research librarian: Emerging roles and responsibility in support of reproducible science, Birgit Schmidt, Goettingen University, Germany, Andrea Chiarelli, Research Consulting, UK Jeroen Sondervan, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Session 2: Unlocking the AI potential
Session 2 abstracts & biographies
Chair: Anna Clements, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom- 2.1 Leveraging artificial intelligence to explore and analyse digital collections: a roadmap for the national library of France, Emmanuelle Bermes, Bibliothèque nationale de France, France
- 2.2 Research project leadership: perspectives from a cross-organisational case investigating the role of AI-powered search, Lorna Wildgaard, The Royal Library/Copenhagen University Library, Denmark, Solveig Sandal Johnsen, The Royal Library, Aarhus University Library, Denmark, Julie Kiersgaard Lyngsfeldt, The Royal Library/Copenhagen University Library, Denmark, Anne Vils Møller, The Royal Library, Aarhus University Library, Denmark
- 2.3 Engaging in research and cultural heritage collaborations to endorse AI and machine learning activities, Liisa Maria Näpärä, Päivi Maria Pihlaja, National library of Finland, Finland
Lightning talk:
Academic Libraries as Hubs for AI Based Culture Diplomacy, Adam Sofronijevic, Aleksandar Jerkov, Dragana Jankovic, University library ''Svetozar Markovic'', Serbia
Session 3: [re]inventing the future: tools & services
Session 3 abstracts & biographies
Chair: Liisi Lembinen, University of Tartu Library, Estonia- 3.1 Research Integrity and The Future of Scholarly Communication: Internet Trackers and Algorithmic Persuasion, Tiberius Ignat, Scientific Knowledge Services, Germany, Paul Ayris, University College London, UK
- 3.2 The Potential of Digital Scholarship Centers as a Technical and Innovative Catalyst for Machine Learning and Data Visualization across the Research Enterprise, Xuemao Wang, James Lee, University of Cincinnati, United States of America
- 3.3 Supporting Sámi languages in digital services , Riitta Koikkalainen, Niko Partanen, National Library of Finland, Finland
Session 4: Managing & renovating Collections
Session 4 abstracts & biographies
Chair: Heli Kautonen, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura – Finnish Literature Society, Finland- 4.1 Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Digital Discoverability of Special Collections, Adam Barry, Lean Library, United Kingdom, Andrew Barker, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
- 4.2 De-coding our Collections : Enhancing data literacy, research, and outreach through cultural heritage hackathons, Karolina Andersdotter, Åbo Akademi University, Finland, Uppsala University Library, Sweden
- 4.3 Landscaping with books — How to repurpose the print collection to foster community building and knowledge creation , Michiel Cock, David Oldenhof, University Library Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lightning talk:
Can Brocade be friends with data science? An implementation story, Linda Sīle-Shriram, Alain Descamps, University of Antwerp Library, Belgium
Knowledge Café: The next LIBER Strategy
Conference Dinner
Registration
Session 5: Fostering & building open communities
Session 5 abstracts & biographies
Chair: Anna Lundén, National Library of Sweden, Sweden- 5.1 Launching the Forum for Open Research in MENA, Emily Choynowski, Knowledge E, United Arab Emirates
- 5.2 The role of research libraries in a national Open Science roadmap - the example of France, Julien Roche, University of Lille, France
- 5.3 The ZHAW OER Community at the heart of fostering strategic aims of the university: digital transformation, lifelong learning, societal integration, and sustainability, Nicole Krüger, Yvonne Klein, Roger Flühler, ZHAW - Zurich University of Applied Sciences, University Library, Switzerland
Lightning talk:
How to facilitate fruitful innovative partnerships: Lessons from a library-startup-collaboration, Jesper Solheim Johansen, Keenious, Norway, Lars Figenschou, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Mariann Cesilie Løkse, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Session 6: Data Management: Dealing with data challenges
Session 6 abstracts & biographies
Chair: Simone Kortekaas, Wageningen University & Research - Library, The Netherlands- 6.1 French national data management policy: the key role of libraries in the strategic issue of data management, Cecile Swiatek, Université Paris Nanterre, France
- 6.2 Automating subject indexing at ZBW – the costs of the digital transformation and why we need less projects, Anna Kasprzik, ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Germany
- 6.3 Responding to local data support challenges through a global student DataSquad, Deborah Wiltshire, GESIS Institute for Social Sciences, Germany, Paula Lackie, Carleton College, Tim Dennis, UCLA, Elizabeth Parke, University of Toronto
Session 7: Trailblazing training for higher education
Session 7 abstracts & biographies
Chair: Hilde van Wijngaarden, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands- 7.1 A modular and community-driven FAIR teaching and training handbook for higher education institutions, Claudia Engelhardt, TU Dresden, Yuri Demchenko, University of Amsterdam, Federica Garbuglia, European University Association, Valerie McCutcheon, University of Glasgow, Birgit Schmidt, Göttingen State and University Library, Hugh Shanahan, Royal Holloway, University of London, Armin Straube, University of Limerick, Shanmugasundaram Venkataraman, OpenAIRE, André Vieira, University of Minho, Biru Zhou, McGill University
- 7.2 Open science and communities of researchers : the big gap in training. A case study at Sorbonne University, Pascale Pauplin, Sorbonne University, France
- 7.3 An Open Science Mooc: drawing on the strengths of collaboration between institutions, Marion Brunetti, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, France, Adrien Demilly, Sorbonne Université, France, Violaine Jacq, Sorbonne Université, France
Session 8: Libraries driving Initiatives
Session 8 abstracts & biographies
Chair: Martin Moyle, UCL Library Services, United Kingdom- 8.1 Careers Library: unconventional collaboration to boost learning, Tatiana Usova,Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Doha
- 8.2 Experimenting with Research Services in the Library: a Case Study from the University of Angers (France), Zoe Anna Hardy, Damien Hamard, University of Angers, France
- 8.3 Libraries and the Research Culture Lens at the Universities of Glasgow and Leeds, Claire G Knowles, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, William J Nixon, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, Valerie McCutcheon, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Coffee Break
Poster Session
Sponsor Update: Clarivate + ProQuest: How bringing two leaders together will enable libraries to fulfill ambitious research missions
LIBER Quarterly - Editorial Board Meeting
Lunch
Conference Programme Committee meeting
Panel Discussion: Supporting EOSC: Putting Institutions in the Driving Seat
Panellists:
- Sarah Jones (GÉANT / EOSC Future)
- Pedro Principe (University of Minho and OpenAIRE/EOSC Future)
- Dunja Legat (University of Maribor Library / NI4OS-Europe)
Conference Picture - Coffee Break
Panel Discussion: Supporting Diamond Open Access: Research libraries as funders, intermediaries and publishers
Panellists:
- Katharina Schulz, Martina Benz (KOALA)
- Demmy Verbeke (KU Leuven Fair OA Fund)
- Juliane Finger (OLEcon project)
- Xenia van Edig (TIB Open Publishing)
Meeting of Participants
Conference Reception
Registration
Session 9: Trusted partners in research data support
Session 9 abstracts & biographies
Chair: Hardy Schwamm, James Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland- 9.1 Building a research data support service from an experiment: the case of the University of Strasbourg, Stéphanie Cheviron, Adeline Rege, University of Strasbourg, France
- 9.2 Data as a new research publication type : What could be the role of research libraries as service providers? Mari Elisa Kuusniemi, Helsinki University Library, Finland, Susanna Nykyri, Tampere University Library, Finland
Lightning talk:
About methodologies for user-centered design of research data services, Karin Cecilia Rydving, University of Bergen, Norway
Session 10: Ongoing Open Access: challenges and solutions
Session 10 abstracts & biographies
Chair: Émilie Barthet, Bourgogne Libraries Services, Dijon, France- 10.1 Lessons Learned From University of Lausanne’s 360-degree OA Strategy and Collaboration with ChronosHub, Rocio Micaela Crespo Quesada, University of Lausanne, Ida Sofie Reher, ChronosHub, Denmark, Martin Jagerhorn, ChronosHub, Denmark
- 10.2 E-lending in Europe: an intricated business, Giuseppe Vitiello, EBLIDA, The Netherlands
- 10.3 Community-building in action: The Open Access Books Network, Agata Malgorzata Morka, Lucy Barnes, Tom Mosterd, SPARC Europe, Netherlands
Lightning talk:
Have we got an electronic leg to stand on? Highly specialized research libraries and their electronic offerings post-Covid, Juergen Warmbrunn, Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe, Germany
Session 11: Research assessment, production & systemic reviews; a role for research libraries
Session 11 abstracts & biographies
Chair: Bertil Dorch, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark- 11.1 How research libraries can contribute to reform the research evaluation system, Maxence Larrieu, Université Paris Cité, France
- 11.2 The Role of Academic Libraries in Scientific Production Evaluation – the Experience of University of Zagreb, Croatia, Branka Marijanović, University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia, Višnja Novosel, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Tatijana Petrić, Central Office for Coordinating Libraries of University of Zagreb, Croatia, Zrinka Udiljak Bugarinovski, Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia
- 11.3 Faking It ‘Til We Make It: Libraries Supporting Researchers in Systematic and Scoping Reviews, Anna Marie Johnson, Alyssa Denneler, Amy Minix, Indiana University, United States of America
Session 12: Paving the way: Digital Access & Preservation
Session 12 abstracts & biographies
Chair: Martin Moyle, UCL Library Services, United Kingdom- 12.1 The nestor Digital Preservation Community Survey: What does the landscape for digital preservation communities looks like? Monika Zarnitz, ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics, Germany
- 12.2 Long-term digital preservation of research data as a community-specific project, Katharina Markus, ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences, Germany
- 12.3 Works unavailable on the market: Czech experience of the digital content availability via the internet in the “Covid times”, Tomas Foltyn, Vit Richter, National Library of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Lightning talk:
Filter, Curate, Open! – Customising e-library services at a special library, Petri Kaihoja, Tytti Rajahonka, Finnish Literature Society, Finland
Executive Board Meeting
Coffee Break
Keynote Speech: Darlene Cavalier

Library Innovation Awards
Sponsor Update: Perspectives on Open Source in Libraries
A 2021 European Commission study investigating the economic impact of open source on the EU economy identified “open source as a public good” and points to a new era in which “digital businesses are built using open-source assets.” Libraries, of course, have a history of driving open-source projects to deliver to key needs or innovate in areas where legacy solutions had come to a standstill. From solutions for institutional deposits to data crosswalks or analytics, open-source software delivers important business value to libraries. At the same time, challenges remain. How do libraries globally take advantage of open-source software if infrastructure remains closed? What are potential models to ensure open-source software is sustainable and available to all? And how can libraries learn about and take advantage of open-source software for their institutions? The presenters will discuss EBSCO’s open-source initiatives and ways in which vendors and libraries may collaborate to bring open-source software to the library community at large.