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EC Central Library - Central Library of the European Commission: Brussels
The European Commission's Central Library is a special reference and research library. Established to meet the library needs of the European Commission and its staff, it nevertheless welcomes as many outside researchers as it can.

Postal Addressrue Van Maerlant, 18
Postal CodeB-1049 Brussels
CountryBEL
Telephone(32-2) 295 29 82
Fax(32-2) 299 91 89
Email biblio-library@ec.europa.eu
Web Siteclick to visit
Catalogue:click to visit
Normal Daily Hours Mon-Thurs: 10.00 -17.00 ; Friday: 10.00-13.30 ; Annual closure in August.
Visitors Addressrue Van Maerlant, 18
Visitors Postal CodeB-1049 Brussels
Visitors Telephone+32 2 299 90 64
Visitors Fax+32 2 299 98 17
Visitors Email biblio-access@ec.europa.eu
Visitors policy
Who can use the library?
 
All Commission staff, temporary agents and trainees;
Officials of other EU institutions and related bodies;
External visitors who have made a prior appointment for a one-day visit;
External visitors in possession of a visitors' card, which allows several visits.
 
Appointments for one-day visits must be made in advance: contact the appointments office at 18 rue Van Maerlant, office 4/29, phone: (+32 02) 299 90 64, fax: (+32 02) 296 11 49.
 
External visitors may also request a visitors' card, which allows several visits (see Conditions for obtaining a visitors' card at http://ec.europa.eu/libraries/doc/centrallibrary/accessb_en.htm#visicond).
 
Please note that visitors have no borrowing rights and may only consult the Library's collections on the spot.
System Software ALEPH 500 version 18.01
System Hardware SUN V880- OS: Solaris9; Hardware: 8 CPU (1200MHz); 32 GB RAM
Modules in Use

Acquisitions/Serials, Cataloguing, Circulation, ILL, reports.

Standards Applied MARC21, AACR2
Services Offered
  • Online catalogue ECLAS; 
  • Access to several online databases, CD-ROMs, Publications of international organizations, EU Official Journal, National Newspapers;
  • Internet access;
  • ILL & document delivery;
  • other services : please check  at http://ec.europa.eu/libraries/doc/index_en.htm
Collection Topic

Coverage: Subjects relating to European integration:

International cooperation. International relations. International law. European Communities;
Economic policy. Planning. Social policy. Social problems;
Economics. Economic conditions. Economic doctrines and systems;
Law. Administration. Politics;
Culture. Society;
Education. Training;
Agriculture;
Industry;
Trade;
Transport;
Public finance. Banking. International monetary relations;
Management. Productivity;
Labour;
Demography. Population;
Biology. Food. Health;
Environment. Natural resources;
Earth sciences. Space sciences;
Science. Research. Methodology;
Information. Documentation. Computer science. Terminology.
Special Collections

 Almost all publications of the European Union;  
Extensive collection of publications of international organisations;
Commercially published books and journals in all Community languages (principal collections: French, English and German);
National legislation as well as a selection of other important official publications from member states (i.e. statistical series);
Dictionaries and encyclopaedias;
A selection of major daily newspapers from all member states and selected third countries;
Annuals and journals;
Databases and CD-ROMs (a set of core CD-ROM titles over a dedicated Central Library network).

CreatorMr. Baziotis Nektarios
Added18/10/2004

POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAMME 2010
Updated:06/05/2010
Assistant Librarian vacancy notice at the European Centre for Disease prevention and Control (ECDC)
Updated:21/04/2010
External Evaluation of the Central Library of the European Commission
Updated:14/01/2010
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