The Director of the Library of the University of Latvia, Mārīte Saviča, informed library specialists about the implemented project with a small publication, which could be of particular interest to the staff of academic libraries.
On 21 April this year, Mārīte Saviča, director of the Library of the University of Latvia, presented the LibOCS project and discussed the possibilities of cooperation with the Chairman of the Library Association of Latvia, Māra Jēkabsone.
On April 11, Mārīte Saviča, Director of the Library of the University of Latvia, informed the new composition of the Joint Library Council of the University of Latvia about the long-term project “LibOCS” implemented by the library as a partner from Latvia. The Council consists of the former Rector, Professor Mārcis Auziņš, Vice-Rectors of the University of Latvia: Professor Ina Druviete and Professor Valdis Segliņš, professors of the fields and student youth.
During the period of 21-31 of March partners from University of Tartu Library held three roundtables to map the drivers and barriers of civic engagement in open science and the role of university libraries in the Baltics (PR1). Each roundtable had 21 interviewees from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
On the 7th of March, a traditional Estonian Memory Institutions’ Winter seminar took place in Tartu. The main topic of the Seminar was Citizen Science. We explored various Citizen Science projects in Estonia and the lessons learned from these. For example, the INOS project (@INOSproject) shared their results from implementing #CitizenScience activities in higher education and libraries. We also gave a short introduction and an overview of the main goals of the LibOCS project.
On the 7th of March, the University of Tartu Library is organizing a traditional Seminar for Estonian Memory Institutes. The main topic of the seminar this year is Citizen Science. Among other presenters, LIBOCS project lead UT Library will present the LIBOCS project to the audience. A roundtable on Citizen Science experiences in memory institutions will be held in the second half of the seminar. Through this roundtable, we are hoping to gain input for the LIBOCS project PR1.
More information (in Estonian) can be found here.
On the 17-18 of January, 2022, the LibOCS kick-off meeting took place online. During the project meeting partners got to know each other and the tasks of different work packages. All partners summarized their tasks and expectations for the project partners.
In addition, it introduced main project management topics. After the meeting, the project website as well as Zenodo collection for LibOCS outputs were published.
Preparations for project outputs:
After the kick-off meeting, the partners started to tackle their first tasks.
First PR 1 discussion discussed best practices, enablers as well as challenges of Citizen Sciences in partner libraries.
The second session involved challenges of the PR2 and practical approaches to tasks ahead.
Project outputs will be stored in the Zenodo LibOCS collection.
