LIBER 39TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE - Statsbiblioteket
LIBER 39TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE - Statsbiblioteket
LIBER 39TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE - Statsbiblioteket
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PLEnaRy sEssIon 2<br />
hEathER moRRIson (sImon<br />
fRasER unIvERsIty, canada):<br />
thE RoLE of thE REsEaRch<br />
LIBRaRy In an EmERgIng gLoBaL<br />
PuBLIc sPhERE<br />
Almost every aspect of our lives – business<br />
to pollution – now extends beyond<br />
national borders. Many of the really big<br />
issues of our times, engaging many people<br />
around the world, including scholars,<br />
are global in scope, such as figuring out<br />
how to resolve global warming, or finding<br />
new approaches to economics that will<br />
bring us not only prosperity, but also<br />
sustainability and stability. This session<br />
will argue that we are beginning to see<br />
signs of a much-needed emerging global<br />
public sphere, and explore the key role<br />
of the research library, working locally at<br />
each organisation and globally through<br />
networks such as <strong>LIBER</strong>, SPARC, and OAI,<br />
in founding and supporting a global<br />
public sphere of knowledge that is freely<br />
accessible to all – and some practical tips<br />
on how to get from here to there.<br />
heather morrison is a well-known open<br />
access advocate, Project Coordinator at<br />
BC Electronic Library Network, author of<br />
Scholarly Communication for Librarians<br />
and the scholarly blog, The Imaginary<br />
Journal of Poetic Economics, and a PhD<br />
Student at Simon Fraser University School<br />
of Communication.<br />
29 JunE 2010<br />
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