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…

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 tas…

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…

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 Researc…

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…

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 Impac…

Audio from Session 10: Promoting RDM, held Thursday 27 June 2019 at the LIBER 2019 Annual Conference. Talks included: 10.1 Closing the skills gap: Basics of Research Data Management course at the University of Turku, Jukka Tapio Rantasaari and Heli Kristiina Kokkinen, University of Turku, Finland 10.2 Joint European Project to Enhance Collaboration…

Audio from Session 9: Access to Collections and Digital Preservation, held Thursday 27 June 2019 at the LIBER 2019 Annual Conference. Talks included: 9.1 Access to Collections: an Essential Part of Research Collaborations, Alex Fenlon, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom 9.2 Clear and Consistent: Copyright Assessment Framework for Libraries, F…

Audio from Session 8: Research Libraries on a Mission - Engaging the Public, held Thursday 27 June 2019 at the LIBER 2019 Annual Conference. Talks included: 8.1 The Social Mission of 21st Century Research Libraries: Building Data Literate Communities, Sheila Mary Corrall, University of Pittsburg, United States of America 8.2 Enriching Europeana: th…

Audio from Session 7: Libraries & Publishers in the Open Science Landscape - Pay, Publish or Perish?, held Thursday 27 June 2019 at the LIBER 2019 Annual Conference. Talks included: 7.1 Consequences of Sweden Cancelling Elsevier, Lisa Olsson, Stockholm University and National Library of Sweden, Sweden, Camila Hertil Lindelöw, National Library of Sw…

Audio from Session 6: Developing for the Future - Research Libraries Exploring New Services, held Thursday 27 June 2019 at the LIBER 2019 Annual Conference. Talks included: 6.1 Curating the Dynamic: Future Challenges of a Shifting Landscape, Ronan O’Beirne, Solent University, United Kingdom. 6.2 Beyond Compliance: Helping Authors Reach a Broader Ra…

Audio from Session 5: Unlocking Data - Exploring Different Roads, held Wednesday 26 June 2019 at the LIBER 2019 Annual Conference. Talks included: 5.1 Open Knowledge Maps: a Visual Interface to the World’s Scientific Knowledge, Peter Kraker, Open Knowledge Maps, Austria, Najmeh Shaghaei, University Library of Southern Denmark, Denmark 5.2 NAISC: A …

Audio from Session 4: Connecting with Different Partners in Society, held Wednesday 26 June 2019 at the LIBER 2019 Annual Conference. Talks included: 4.1 Beyond Assisting Digital Humanities Scholars: 5 Years of Researchers in Residence at the National Library of The Netherlands, Martijn Kleppe, Lotte Wilms and Steven Claeyssens, National Library of…

Audio from Session 3: Working on Open Access, held Wednesday 26 June 2019 at the LIBER 2019 Annual Conference. Talks included: 3.1 Are we plan-S ready? Level of Compliance at the University of Vienna, Rita Pinhasi, Brigitte Kromp, Guido Blechl, University of Vienna, Austria 3.2 Is the Library Open? Correlating Public Access to Academic Libraries wi…

Audio from Session 2: Transitioning from Open Strategy to Open Practice, held Wednesday 26 June 2019 at the LIBER 2019 Annual Conference. Talks included: 2.1 Open Scholarship in Practice: Presentation of a Set of Use Cases Collected on Behalf of Knowledge Exchange, Gwen Franck, Gwen Franck GCV, Belgium 2.2 Making Open Science transparent: the Bibli…

Audio from Session 1: Fostering the Future of Collections, held Wednesday 26 June 2019 at the LIBER 2019 Annual Conference. Talks included: 1.1 The scholars’ role in the future of academic library collections Danielle Cooper, Ithaka S+R, United States of America 1.2 Durham Residential Research Library Liz Waller and Judy Burg, Durham University, Un…