The LIBERATOR consortium wholeheartedly supports the views expressed in the recent Leuven Communiqué concerning the future role of public libraries in the information society.
LIBERATOR - Libraries in European Regions - Access to Telematics and Other Resources - is a project co-funded by the Libraries Sector of the European Commission's Telematics Applications Programme, which aims to establish exemplary Regional Information Services (RIS) in diverse European regions.
LIBERATOR's concept of an RIS will be instrumental in reinforcing and promoting the leading role of public libraries in the Information Society.
Members of the LIBERATOR consortium are:
Gateshead MBC Libraries & Arts
Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark
Instituto Superior de Estatistica e Gestão de Informação - Universidade Nova
de Lisboa, Portugal
Centre Européen de la Communication, Aquitaine, France
Provincie Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
The project's Web site may be viewed at: <http://ris.niaa.org.uk/liberator/>
The North of England Regional Information Service may be viewed at <http://ris.niaa.org.uk/>
