Mission
A primary role of a research library is to offer the members of its user community the most efficient means of accessing and preserving the globally-accumulated scholarly knowledge in their field of interest. The present system of scholarly communication is far from ideal, and LIBER’s Access Division will support activities that harness the opportunities offered by modern technology to create improvement. The Access Division is also working to secure developments in the field of European digitisation activity, digital preservation for European libraries and a European library passport for members of LIBER institutions.

• Dr Paul Ayris, UCL (University College London), UK (Chairman)
• Mme Marie-Hélène Dougnac, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de l’Information et des Bibliothèques (ENSSIB), 21 rue de la Thibaudière, L’Epine, France 
• Renate Gömpel, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Adickesallee 1, 60322 Frankfurt a. M., Germany
• Dr Ronald Schmidt (Secretary), Hochschulbibliothekszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Classen-Kappelmann-Str. 24, D-50931 Köln, Germany

LIBER Access Division has an annual Work Plan and reports three times a year on progress achieved in pursuing the goals identified by the Division and discussed by the LIBER Board. Click here to see the latest Work Plan (2008)

1. Report from the Access Division to the Executive Board, October 2008
2. Report from the LIBER Access / Collection Development Divisional Meeting, 2 July 2008

Newsletters

The Access Division produced a quarterly Newsletter to illustrate progress in a number of selected areas of its Work Plan. You can download the latest LIBER Access Division Newsletters here.