October 2022 – LibOCS

31/10/202231/10/2022

The LibOCS project is presented at the conference of the the Scientific Library of Riga Technical University celebrated

This autumn, on October 18, the Scientific Library of Riga Technical University celebrated its 160th anniversary. In honor of this important anniversary, an international conference was held, of which consisted of two parts. The first part was devoted to the historical aspects of the library’s activity, while the speakers presented the achievements, projects and future plans of academic libraries in the second. This important anniversary of the library gathered a large number of conference listeners from Latvia and abroad in the beautiful library premises. The Latvian audience was mainly made up of academic library employees, but there were also guests from cooperating partner libraries in foreign coutries: Finland and Lithuania, and virtually Moldova.

24/10/202224/10/2022

Publicity of LibOCS project in The European Researchers’ Night

The European Researchers’ Night on September 30 was celebrated in the University of Latvia. Among many different events interesents were introduced to Citizen Science ideas and opportunities. In the library of the House of Science a board game “I want to research” was offered which lets participants act as scientists and play through the stages of research. During the game different aspects of science processes were discussed, for example, formulation of the idea, searching for information, cooperation with the society and other researchers. The participants were interested in Open Science and Citizen Science movements and shared their ideas about how to involve broader public in research activities. Chief librarian Gita Rozenberga introduced interesents to LibOCS project goals and encouraged everyone to participate in science related activities.

14/10/202214/10/2022

Training activity in Riga for Baltic HEIs on open and citizen science capabilities

Between September 20th – 23rd, the University Library of Latvia hosted a week of Learning, Teaching, and Training Activities (LTTA) for the Baltic higher education institutes on open and citizen science capabilities. The meeting served to upskill staff for the next project activities ahead, but also addressed transversal tasks such as project management, dissemination, quality assurance and sustainability.

10/10/202220/10/2022

LibOCS project team invites interested parties to the Multiplier event webinar on strengthening collaboration between citizens and researchers for research and open science projects

The webinar “Collaboration and participation perspectives for open research in the Baltics: researchers, citizens, librarians as partners” will bring together professional and amateur researchers, teaching staff, volunteers, librarians, and other memory institution professionals, as well as other interested parties, to explore and discuss how to empower scientists and the community to resolve ecologic, social and other problems.