LIBER has been invited to present its position on the Google Book US Settlement Agreement before the European Commission at a hearing to be held on Monday 7 September 2009, in Brussels.

LIBER has recently created a LinkedIn Group to help us stay informed and keep in touch!

As many of you may be aware of, LinkedIn is a broadly-used professional network for the exchange of information and expertise.

Australian economist Professor John Houghton research results on the benefits of open access have been summarised in a report commissioned by Knowledge Exchange.

Following the successful Workshop on the Digitisation of Library Material in Europe held in 2007, LIBER and EBLIDA will hold a second Workshop in the Royal Library of The Netherlands from 19 to 21 October 2009.
Registration is now open!

UCL (University College London) is the first European University in the World's top 10 Universities, as measured by the Times Higher, to announce an institutional Open Access mandate.