Dr. Paul Ayris, president of LIBER, outlines the challenges and opportunities for research libraries in a European framework in the Research Libraries United Kingdom (RLUK) workshop for members

1. Working Within Europe
Challenges and Opportunities
Dr Paul Ayris
President of LIBER
p.ayris@ucl.ac.uk
RLUK meeting
24th
September 2013, London.

2. CONTENTS

3. WORKING AT SCALE

4. WORKING AT SCALE
The Council of Europe is an
international organisation
promoting co-operation
between all countries of
Europe in the areas of legal
standards, human rights,
democratic development, the
rule of law and cultural co-
operation. It was founded in
1949, has 47 member states
with some 800 million citizens,
and is an entirely separate
body[1]
from the European
Union (EU), which has 28
member states. Unlike the EU,
the Council of Europe cannot
make binding laws. The two do
however share certain symbols
such as the flag and the
anthem.

5.  To answer the Kissinger question which the European
Commission always asks:
 IF WE WANT TO TALK TO EUROPEAN RESEARCH
LIBRARIES, WHO DO WE TALK TO?
 LIBER Strategy builds on institutional and
regional/national Strategies and presents a pan-European
window on what libraries can offer
 TO INFLUENCE EU BODIES
 TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR LIBRARY COLLABORATIONS
ALIGNMENT OF STRATEGIES
INSTITUTIONAL
REGIONAL/
NATIONAL
LIBER

6. OPPORTUNITIES

7. THANKS!!
QUESTIONS?