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LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche – Association of European Research Libraries)
Formation1971; 53 years ago (1971)
Location
President
Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen [de]
Websitehttp://libereurope.eu

The Association of European Research Libraries (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche or LIBER) is a professional association of national and university research libraries in Europe. As of 2018 its membership includes some 400 organizations. It operates as a Dutch foundation, with headquarters in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague.[1]

Overview

The origin of LIBER sprang from a 1968 meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations.[2] Among its founders was Swiss librarian Jean-Pierre Clavel [fr].[1]

LIBER held its first conference in Strasbourg in 1971, and continues meeting annually. Its 2018 conference will take place in Lille.[3] The group also publishes an open access journal about librarianship, LIBER Quarterly.[4]

Presidents

References

  1. ^ a b "History". Libereurope.eu. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. ^ Wayne A. Wiegand; Donald G. Davis, Jr., eds. (1994). Encyclopedia of Library History. Garland. p. 347. ISBN 0824057872.
  3. ^ "Previous Conferences". Liberconference.eu. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving", SHERPA/RoMEO, UK: Jisc, retrieved 10 March 2018
  5. ^ Marko Schweizer, ed. (2005). World Guide to Library, Archive, and Information Science Associations (2nd ed.). IFLA. p. 58. ISBN 3598218400.

Further reading

issued by the association
about the association
  • Esko Häkli (2011). Innovation through Co-operation: the history of LIBER 1971-2009. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 9788763537919.
  • Peter Fox (2005), "Changing LIBER", in Erland Kolding Nielsen; et al. (eds.), Die innovative Bibliothek: Elmar Mittler zum 65.Geburtstag, Saur (2006 version Free access icon)

External links

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_European_Research_Libraries