Home - Liber Europe To main content To navigation news sponsors contact us Who we are About Us Mission & Values Organisation Governance History Working for LIBER LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche – Association of European Research Libraries) is the voice of Europe’s research library community. What we do Our 2018-2022 Strategy Projects Working Groups Leadership & Skills Building Policy Development Advocacy & Communication LIBER’s exists to support Europe’s research libraries. We highlight their value to policymakers, provide resources and training and form valuable partnerships. 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See our LIBER members   LIBER 2021 LIBER 2021 Online: Call for Papers Posted 30-11-2020 Latest news LibrariesThe Impact of Covid-19 on Research Libraries Across Europe Posted 11-12-2020 Recreating Europe ProjectGLAMReCreating Europe Calls for GLAM Survey Participants Posted 09-12-2020 INOS ProjectCitizen ScienceCitizen Science Hackathon for University Students – INOS Project Posted 06-12-2020 Upcoming event LIBER Annual Conference 2021 Read more See all events Alerts & Mailings LIBER Alerts Quarterly Mailings LIBER Quarterly Journal Recent Resources Strategy Strategy Update 2020 Posted 30-11-2020 Download Open Access Working Group Open Access Five Principles for Open Access Negotiations with Publishers Posted 11-09-2020 Download 2018-2022 Strategy LIBER Strategy 2018-2022 Posted 21-10-2020 Download Executive Board Executive Board Minutes – February 2020 (Lausanne, Switzerland) Posted 03-11-2020 Download More resources We strive to empower library leaders of today and tomorrow. We are LIBER LIBER is the voice of European research libraries. Join us to ensure that your library stays ahead in a fast-changing world. We collaborate with our network of 450 libraries to reach the goals of our powerful 2018-2022 Strategy. We apply our influence to ensure that research library priorities rank highly on the agendas of our universities and the European Union, and we actively develop current and future library leaders through our conferences, workshops and seminars. Find out more about the benefits of joining LIBER. Reasons to Join Network of 450+ libraries How we work Our 2018-2022 Strategy outlines our main areas of focus, including key topics such as Copyright Reform, Digital Humanities, Open Access, Metrics, and Research Data Management. The Strategy is executed thanks to the dedication of the hundreds of volunteers who serve on our Executive Board, Steering Committees and Working Groups, as well as through our participation in international projects is key to the execution of our Strategy. International Projects Working Groups LIBER Working Groups LIBER’s Working Groups address important areas of work for the research library community. Participation is open to all staff in LIBER institutions. The topics of the Working Groups relate directly to our 2018-2022 Strategy, and each group has clearly set objectives to be achieved in one or two years. Digital Humanities & Digital Cultural Heritage LIBER Digital Humanities & Digital Cultural Heritage Working Group Posted 08-06-2020 Architecture Working Group LIBER Architecture Working Group (LAG) Posted 27-08-2020 Citizen Science Working Group LIBER Citizen Science Working Group Posted 19-08-2020 Copyright & Legal Matters Working Group LIBER Copyright & Legal Matters Working Group Posted 19-08-2020 Digital Skills Working Group LIBER Digital Skills for Library Staff & Researchers Working Group Posted 07-09-2020 FIM4L Working Group LIBER FIM4L Working Group Posted 07-09-2020 Innovative Metrics Working Group LIBER Innovative Metrics Working Group Posted 25-09-2020 Leadership Programmes Working Group LIBER Leadership Programmes Working Group Posted 01-10-2020 Linked Open Data Working Group LIBER Linked Open Data Working Group Posted 25-09-2020 Open Access Working Group LIBER Open Access Working Group Posted 06-10-2020 Research Data Management Working Group LIBER Research Data Management Working Group Posted 12-06-2020 More about Working Groups Participate in a Working Group We participate in these international projects INOS ProjectINOS: Integrating Open and Citizen Science Into Active Learning Approaches in Higher Education Recreating Europe ProjectreCreating Europe: Rethinking digital copyright law for a culturally diverse, accessible, creative Europe SSHOC ProjectSSHOC: An Open Cloud for Social Sciences and Humanities See all projects Join LIBER LIBER is the voice of European research libraries. Join us to ensure that your library stays ahead in a fast-changing world. We collaborate with our network of 450 libraries to reach the goals of our powerful 2018-2022 Strategy. We apply our influence to ensure that research library priorities rank highly on the agendas of our universities and the European Union, and we actively develop current and future library leaders through our conferences, workshops and seminars.   Join LIBER Gold sponsor Silver sponsor Sign up for our monthly LIBER Alerts Email* c/o Koninklijke Bibliotheek National Library of the Netherlands PO Box 90407 2509 LK The Hague The Netherlands Tel: +31 70 314 07 67 Mail: liber@libereurope.org Working groups Events Webinars Get involved Contact us Together we get things done. Get involved Privacy Statement & Cookies Copyright LIBER