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Join LIBER LIBER LIBER Annual Report 2025-2026 Posted 06-07-2026 Latest news Leadership Programmes Working GroupLeadershipLIBER Middle Management Training 2027 Call for Applications Posted 29-07-2026 LIBER 2027Save the Date LIBER Annual Conference 2027 Posted 15-07-2026 LIBER 2026Highlights of the LIBER Annual Conference 2026 Posted 13-07-2026 More News Upcoming event 26 November 2026 LIBER Winter Event 2026 Read more See all events Mailings LIBER Insider Quarterly Mailings LIBER Quarterly (LQ) Journal 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 420+ libraries to reach the goals of our powerful 2023-2027 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 400+ libraries How we work Our 2023-2027 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. 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 2023-2027 Strategy, and each group has clearly set objectives to be achieved in one or two years. 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Join us to ensure that your library stays ahead in a fast-changing world. We collaborate with our network of 400+ libraries to reach the goals of our powerful 2023-2027 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 Insider Mailer Email* Subscribe 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: [email protected] Working groups Events Webinars Get involved Contact us Together we get things done. Get involved Privacy Statement & Cookies Copyright LIBER