LIBER is a network of European research libraries that aims to promote efficient information services and access to research. It is involved in several current EU projects related to digital preservation, including Europeana Libraries, APARSEN, and ODE. As part of APARSEN, LIBER contributes to developing a common vision, business cases, stakeholder communication, and training. ODE seeks to identify best practices and barriers around data sharing, reuse, and preservation. LIBER recognizes the importance of digital preservation and collaborating with other organizations through EU projects to achieve its mission related to e-science, research infrastructures, and open access to data.

1. LIBER’s EU Projects- focusing
on digital preservation
Susan Reilly
Project Officer LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries)
susan.reilly@kb.nl
www.libereurope.eu
APARSEN meeting, KB, 8/9/2011

2. Contents
 LIBER- why digital preservation?
 Current EU projects
 Future Cooperation

3. LIBER: “Making the case for research libraries”
 Largest network of European reseach libraries: 420 in over 40
countries
 LIBER aims to represent the interests of European research
libraries, their universities and their researchers. It promotes in
particular
-efficient information services
-access to research information, in any form whatsoever
-innovative end-user services for teaching, learning and research
-preservation of cultural heritage
-efficient and effective management of research libraries

4. Current EU Projects
 Europeana Libraries
-working to make 5 million digital objects from 19 leading European
research libraries freely accessible to researchers
 ODE
 APARSEN
 MEDOANET
-Co-ordination of Open Access strategies, policies and structures

5. APARSEN: Our role
 WP 11Common vision
 WP 36: Business cases (Blue Ribbon Task Force)
 WP 44 Stakeholder communication
 WP 45 International liasion
 WP43 Training Courses
 WP 41External workshops & events

6. Opportunities for Data Exchange
(ODE)
 Researchers, publishers, libraries and data centres
 Identify, collate, interpret and deliver evidence of
emerging best practices in sharing, re-using, preserving
and citing data, the drivers for change and barriers
impeding progress, in forms suited to each audience (led
by CERN)

7. Opportunities for Data Exchange
(ODE)
 Identify "success stories", “near misses” and “honourable
failures” in data sharing, re-use and preservation
 Only 20% (Parse.Insight) of researchers submit data to
digital archives
 What are the barrier and incentives?

8. Report: Integration of Data &
Publications
To be launched at the APA conference!

9. Report; Integration of Data &
Publications
 Publishers’ concern: how ‘safe’ is data in supplementary
files (quality, preservation)?
 Researchers’ concern: who is responsible/will pay for
preservation of data?
 Libraries & Data Centres’ concern: How do we ensure
continued access to data? And reusable?
 Next step: definition of roles- survey of LIBER members

10. “A goal-oriented partnership with other
organisations in Europe and beyond”
 We need to work with other organisations to achieve our
mission= EU projects
 Future focus: E-science
-digital preservation is key
-research infrastructures
-policy related to open access to scientific data
-advocacy

11.  Thank you!
 Questions/comments?