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}})