LIBER 2019 Annual Conference LIBER Europe

 Richard Ovenden has been Bodley’s Librarian (the senior Executive position of the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford) since 2014.

His keynote speech at LIBER 2019 is entitled ‘Bits and votes: The role of libraries and archives in open societies’, and will consider the role that libraries play in preserving knowledge and in making it available in the context of the attacks on open society.

The talk will look at historic and contemporary threats to knowledge, and the motivations of those that seek to destroy knowledge or restrict access. It will look in particular at the steps being taken by the library and archive community on the front line of preserving and sharing knowledge in defence of open societies.

Astrid Söderbergh Widding is a Professor of Cinema Studies and President of Stockholm University since 2013.

Her keynote speech at LIBER 2019 is entitled ‘In Transition to Open Science – A Perspective from a President’s Point of View’. Astrid describes the talk as follows:

“While it is easy to agree about the general vision of Open Science, the task to actually make the transition happen is not all that easy. Politicians, publishers, research financers, libraries, university managements – and last but not least the researchers themselves – all want, and need, to have their say. The divergent opinions on Plan S is but one example of the complexity of these questions. This paper attempts to outline some corner stones in a basic strategy for making the transition to Open Science possible, while also taking into consideration the stumbling stones that may threaten the process, from the perspective of university leadership.”

Linda Doyle is Professor of Engineering & The Arts in Trinity College Dublin. Prior to taking on the role of Dean of Research at Trinity College Dublin, she was the Director of the CONNECT SFI Research Centre, a national research centre focused on future networks and communications. 

Her keynote speech at LIBER 2019 is entitled ‘Research for Society – the new world of public engagement, citizen science, community and civic action’. 

Linda describes the talk as follows: “The talk will begin by looking at why research matters to society. It will look at the invisible (often times digital) forces shaping our daily lives to show how important it is that these are firstly understood and secondly driven in the direction that is best for our world. To look at these forces topics such as Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, new forms of currency among others will feature. The talk will go on to look the role of the citizen in developing this understanding and interrogating the physical and digital world around us.  It will explore how co-creation of research can be facilitated through creative arts practices as well as more traditional research methodologies and understand new forms of civic action that might take place. It will finish by looking at how the library of today and the library of the future sits within this space.”

Audio from Session 13: Measuring Impact - Research Assessment, held Friday 28 June 2019 at the LIBER 2019 Annual Conference.

Talks included:


13.1 RI2A – Towards a Responsible Institute Impact Assessment, Gustaf Nelhans, University of Borås, Denmark, Evgenios Vlachos and Maéva Vignes, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
13.2 How does Our Research Influence Policy on Global Societal Changes? A Bibliometric Proof of Concept Targeting the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, Maurice Vanderfeesten, René Otten, Joeri Both,Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Felix Schmidt, Eike Spielberg, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany, Lars Kullman, University of Gothenburg, Denmark, Jaqui Farar, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
13.3 Beyond Authorship, Recognising Contributions: the Value of CRedIT (contributor role taxonomy), Liz Allen, F1000, United Kingdom
13.4 Research Libraries: an Incubator for Science Communication, Public Engagement and Literacy Skills, Heather Cunningham, University of Toronto Libraries, Canada

Chair: Martin Moyle, UCL Library Services, London, United Kingdom 

Audio from Session 12: Towards Open Science - Keeping up the Good Work, held Friday 28 June 2019 at the LIBER 2019 Annual Conference.

Talks included:


12.1 University Journals: Consolidating Institutional Repositories in a Free Open Access Publication Platform, Saskia Woutersen-Windhouwer, University of Amsterdam and Leiden University Libraries, The Netherlands, Eva Méndez Rodríguez, Library and Information Sciences Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, Jeroen Sondervan, Utrecht University Library, The Netherlands, Peter van Laarhoven, University of Groningen Library, The Netherlands, Frans Oort, Research Advisory Committee, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
12.2 DCU Press: Vision to Reality, Ellen Breen, Dublin City University, Ireland
12.3 Opening up the Library: Transforming our Structures, Policies and Practices. Joanna Ball, Roskilde University Library, Roskilde, Denmark, Graham Stone, Jisc Collections, United Kingdom, University of York Library, United Kingdom
12.4 No deal! Sweden Cancelled Agreement with Elsevier to Stand Up for Open Science, Göran Hamrin and Cecilia Heyman-Widmark, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

 Chair: Anna Lundén, National Library of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden 

Audio from Session 11: Securing Access and the Future of Collections, held Friday 28 June 2019 at the LIBER 2019 Annual Conference.

Talks included:


11.1 Sale and Disposal of Collections: Evidence-Based Decision Making and Professional Choices, Kate Kelly and Mary O’Doherty, RCSI Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland
11.2 Measuring the Impact of Special Collections and Archives in the Digital Age: Opportunities and Challenges, Christina Kamposiori, Research Libraries UK, United Kingdom
11.3 Securing the Future of Collections at Senate House Library: Data-driven, Collaborative Appraisal and Accessioning for Financially Sustainable Special Collections and Archives, Caroline Kimbell, University of London, United Kingdom
11.4 Open Science in Practice: Implementing Open Science Activity in Research Organizations, Paul Ayris, UCL, United Kingdom

 Chair: Kristina Pai, Tartu University Library, Tartu, Estonia