Association of European Research Libraries
{{short description|Professional association of research libraries in Europe}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche – Association of European Research Libraries)
| image = File:Association of European Research Libraries LIBER logo.png
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| formation = {{start date and age|1971}}
| location = The Hague, Netherlands
| language =
| leader_title = President
| leader_name = {{interlanguage link|Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen|de}}
| website = {{URL|http://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.{{cite web |url=http://libereurope.eu/history-of-liber/ |title=History |work=Libereurope.eu |accessdate= 10 March 2018 }}
Overview
The origin of LIBER sprang from a 1968 meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations.{{cite book|editor1= Wayne A. Wiegand |editor2=Donald G. Davis, Jr. |title=Encyclopedia of Library History |year=1994 |publisher=Garland|isbn= 0824057872 |page=347 }} Among its founders was Swiss librarian {{interlanguage link|Jean-Pierre Clavel|fr}}.
LIBER held its first conference in Strasbourg in 1971, and continues meeting annually. Its 2018 conference will take place in Lille.{{cite web |url=http://liberconference.eu/about/previousconferences/ |title=Previous Conferences |work=Liberconference.eu |accessdate= 10 March 2018 }} The group also publishes an open access journal about librarianship, LIBER Quarterly.{{citation |url=http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/search.php?source=journal&sourceid=29812 |title=Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving |work=SHERPA/RoMEO |publisher=Jisc |location=UK |accessdate= 10 March 2018 }}
Presidents
- {{interlanguage link|Elmar Mittler|de}}, circa 1999–2002
- Erland Kolding Nielsen, circa 2005 {{cite book |editor=Marko Schweizer |title=World Guide to Library, Archive, and Information Science Associations |edition=2nd |year=2005 |publisher=IFLA |isbn=3598218400 |page=[https://archive.org/details/worldguidetolibr0000unse/page/58 58] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/worldguidetolibr0000unse/page/58 }}
References
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Further reading
;issued by the association
- {{citation |title=Bulletin |url=http://www.digizeitschriften.de |year= 1971–1990 }} {{free access}}
- {{citation |title=European Research Libraries Cooperation: ERLC |journal=LIBER Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries |url=http://www.digizeitschriften.de |year= 1991–1998 |issn=1435-5205 |volume=1-7 }} {{free access}}
- {{citation |url=https://www.liberquarterly.eu/issue/archive/ |title=LIBER Quarterly |journal=LIBER Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries |issn=2213-056X }} {{open access}}
;about the association
- {{cite book |author=Esko Häkli |title= Innovation through Co-operation: the history of LIBER 1971-2009 |location=Copenhagen |publisher= Museum Tusculanum Press |isbn=9788763537919 |year= 2011 }}
- {{citation |author=Peter Fox |chapter=Changing LIBER |title=Die innovative Bibliothek: Elmar Mittler zum 65.Geburtstag |editor=Erland Kolding Nielsen|display-editors=etal|publisher=Saur |year=2005 }} ([https://www.liberquarterly.eu/articles/10.18352/lq.7835/ 2006 version] {{free access}})
External links
- [http://libereurope.eu Official site]
- {{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205233327/http://www.kb.dk/guests/intl/liber |url=http://www.kb.dk/guests/intl/liber |archivedate=5 December 2006 |title=LIBER |access-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=live }} (Former site)
- {{citation |title=Le Dictionnaire |chapter=Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche (LIBER) |publisher=Ecole Nationale Superieure des Sciences de l'information et des Bibliotheques |location=France |language=fr |chapter-url=http://www.enssib.fr/le-dictionnaire/liber |access-date=2018-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310201055/http://www.enssib.fr/le-dictionnaire/liber |archive-date=2018-03-10 |url-status=dead }}
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Category:Foundations based in the Netherlands