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Mission statement - Basic Information about EUROLIB
The European Community and Associated Institutions Library Co-operation Group
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 EUROLIB is a grouping of European institutional libraries organised on the basis of an agreement adopted by Resolution at a General Assembly in Dublin on 18 April, 1997. This meeting was the 13th General Assembly of a previously informal grouping established on the initiative of the Secretary-general of the European Parliament in June 1988.
EUROLIB aims to promote a wider awareness of the contribution libraries make to the work of the institutions they serve. It seeks to enhance the professional performance of the staff of the institutional libraries through developing inter-library contacts of all kinds, staff exchanges, etc.. It endeavours to help participating libraries achieve economies of investment in technology and acquisitions through network and other partnerships promoting comprehensive bibliographic control and library and document delivery services. Since 1998 EUROLIB sees its developing participation in the EUROPA www LIBRARIES site as the main networking vehicle in support of its mission. EUROLIB's particular vocation to support European integration gives it a particular interest in all issues affecting the provision of an access to historic and contemporary collections, including conservation and copyright.
The EUROLIB co-operation group was established on the initiative of the Secretary-General of the European Parliament and met for the first time in June 1988. It met regularly until its 13th General Assembly in Dublin in April 1997 as a loose grouping focussed on broad objectives addressing the promotion of comprehensive bibliographic control and library and document delivery services in the field of European integration.
At the 13th General Assembly on 18 April at the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, EUROLIB Members adopted by Resolution an agreement formalising the conduct of business under a preamble recognising "the importance now given by the European Union to the development and networking of libraries" and seeking "to facilitate the partnership of EUROLIB member libraries in programmes contributing to the advance of new technology within European Institutions, to the more efficient use of library resources, and to improved access to EUROLIB collections".
The Dublin Resolution includes provision for a mission statement and rolling programme endorsed annually by a General Assembly and for the annual election of Officers to be responsible for the conduct of EUROLIB affairs between General Assembly meetings.
New elections for the presidency took place in 2005. Officers elected were President: Serge Brack, Head of Publishing policy Unit, OPOCE (Luxembourg), and Vice-President: Mr John Miller, Library Director, College of Europe (Brugges). Mr Marc Willem, Head of Library and Documentation, Cedefop (Thessaloniki) took over the vice-presidency, end 2006, after withdrawal of John Miller, for personal reasons.
The EUROLIB Directory lists member institutions and their library services. Most members have www sites. more...
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