Large spaces : Europe of decompartmentalization

Remarks about European cooperation between libraries : though the final objective remains the cooperation at the national scale, Europe offers a well-defined stage for quick and concrete actions. Such a pragmatic construction of Europe has already been adopted during the Hearing held by the European commission at Luxembourg in February 1987. Owing to their scientific and cultural contribution, libraries are a relevant component of the European development in which they are closely concerned. They will have to remove the administrative barriers existing between them, integrate the network concept into their daily life, and finally act for lobbies in their favour.
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