STEERING COMMITTEE ON LIBER SERVICES (SCLS)

• Chair, Marta Virágos, Debrecen University and National Library, Hungary
• Secretary, Ulrich Niederer, ZHB Luzern (Chair of LIBER Architecture Group)
• Committee Members
  • Erland Kolding Nielsen, Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair of LIBER
    Security Network)
  • Didar Bayir, Koç University Suna Kiraç Library, Turkey
  • nominee France
  • nominee Germany
  • nominee UK
  • nominee CEE (Central Europe)

• LIBER Security Network
• Quality Management and Benchmarking
• Library Passport
• Research

STEERING COMMITTEE - EXPERT GROUPS

• LIBER Architecture Group

1. To promote and encourage the interpersonal exchange of experience and best practice among librarians of Europe across political, linguistic and cultural boundaries to the enrichment of all
2. To pay particular attention to the needs of libraries of Eastern and Central Europe as they are facing significant organizational changes
3. To encourage and facilitate the development of benchmarking in co-operation with other organizations, with the aim of identifying measurements independent of local culture, thus allowing for international comparisons

The Steering Committee is actively involved in information management and library and information science research. LIBER will offer guidance for the next generation of library researchers and information science specialists, and provide a bridge between experienced senior researchers and junior researchers in the field. LIBER services include the organization of trainings where new research methods are presented.

STEERING COMMITTEE - WORKPLAN FOR 2010

• Collecting contributions of new library projects, library reconstruction, adaptation and extension of old buildings on a European scale for our ongoing series Documentation of New Library Buildings in Europe
• Holding the 15th seminar of the LIBER Architecture Group entitled ‘Fit for what purpose? Planning libraries for the users of the future.’ Madrid, Spain, 12–16 April
• Developing actions and common tools for quality assessment, peer review and key performance indicators working closely together with LIBER Working Group LR
• Encouraging and facilitating the development of benchmarking in co-operation with other organizations, with the aim of identifying measurements independent of local culture, thus allowing for international comparisons
• In view of the fact that in international rankings of universities European institutions are at a disadvantage due to criteria that tend to be inappropriate, LIBER offers to take an active part in elaborating a new set of criteria which reflect European realities and specificities better
• Setting up the structure and working form of LIBER Services new subgroups
• Establishing the basis for operational cooperation with other international organizations in the field (EBLIDA, EAHIL, CERL) and preparing a proposal for LIBER Annual Conference
• Initiating contacts with the European Association of University Rectors to seek its support for this new permit
• Organizing subdivision group meetings during LIBER Annual Conference in Aarhus

Marta Virágos
Chair of the Steering Committee on LIBER Services
February 2010