LIBER and DRIVER collaborate to build the European digital repository research infrastructure

["Wolfram Horstmann" <wolfram.horstmann@gmail.com>]

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LIBER and DRIVER collaborate to build the European digital 
repository research infrastructure

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Initiatives to build the European digital repository research 
infrastructure have received new support by the collaboration of 
LIBER, the association of European Research Libraries and DRIVER, 
a project and initiative co-financed by the European Commission. 
On Wednesday, the 29th August, Hans Geleijnse, Tilburg 
University, the President of LIBER and Norbert Lossau, Goettingen 
University, Scientific Coordinator of DRIVER, have signed in 
Tilburg, the Netherlands, a Memorandum of Understanding in order 
to progress and enhance the provision, visibility and application 
of European research outputs through digital repositories, i.e. 
systems providing access to texts, data or other types of 
scientific and scholarly content. LIBER and DRIVER share the 
vision that research libraries should contribute actively and 
cooperatively to a common, pan-European data and service 
infrastructure based on digital repositories.

LIBER and DRIVER will also take into account developments in the 
area of subject based or disciplinary repositories and seek 
actively collaboration with the organisations involved.

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DRIVER is a project under EU-FP6 and a joint initiative of European
stakeholders, co-financed by the Commission, setting up a technical
infrastructure for digital repositories and facilitating the building
of an umbrella organisation for digital repositories. DRIVER relies on
research libraries and organisations for the sustainable operation of
repositories and provision of high quality content through digital
repositories.

http://www.driver-repository.eu
http://www.driver-support.eu

LIBER represents and promotes the interests of research libraries 
in Europe and assists these to become a functional network across 
national boundaries. LIBER and DRIVER share the vision that 
research libraries should contribute actively and cooperatively 
to a common, pan-European data and service infrastructure based 
on digital repositories.

http://www.libereurope.eu

Contacts:

DRIVER, Dr. Norbert Lossau, lossau@sub.uni-goettingen.de

LIBER, Hans Geleijnse, Hans Geleijnse@uvt.nl