Stichting LIBER

Medewerkers: 1000+
Internationaal actief: Ja
Type: Werkgever
Locatie: 1
Opgericht in: 1971

Wie zijn wij?

LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche/Association of European Research Libraries) represents over 400 member institutions and organisations from more than forty countries and is the principal association of European research libraries. LIBER has an exciting and dynamic future programme. Its current strategic goals are in the areas of scholarly communication and research infrastructures, reshaping research libraries to meet future needs, advocacy and communications, library management, and the development of services and facilities for European researchers.

Onze cultuur

Founded in 1971, the association (a Foundation or Stichting under Dutch law from 2009) has grown steadily to include more than 400 national, university and other libraries from over 40 countries.

Together we work to represent the interests of European research libraries, their universities and their researchers in several key areas.

We lobby policymakers on issues such as Copyright and Open Access.

We collaborate with our member libraries on European-funded projects and through events such as our Annual Conference we create opportunities for library professionals to meet and learn from each other.

As an association, we stand for:

High-quality services for all users of library and information services
Intellectual freedom and access to scholarship
Collaboration with campus, local, national, European and global partners
Stewardship of collections and institutional resources, in the most appropriate format
Leadership, innovation and a willingness to embrace opportunities for change
Inclusivity, equality of opportunity and fulfilment of potential

In order to fulfil these tasks, LIBER will continue to develop its network of national, university and other research libraries in Europe. We will also work towards goal-oriented partnerships with other organisations in Europe and beyond.