Library Support Organisations

CLC is a newly established consortium, at the moment dealing with negotiating with vendors and acquiring e-resources for the 7 public and private universities of Cyprus.

Created in 1994 to implement the Sudoc (Union catalogue of France’s academic libraries) and to manage the national cataloguing network (collections of 3000 member libraries which represents 13 million bibliographic records), ABES plays a leading role in French Higher Education and Research information system. It is also in charge of identification of all PhD Theses supported in France and offers several national databases to improve access to specific resources. The organisation contributes to Open Science development by working in innovative international projects in the aim of improving availability and interoperability of academic libraries metadata.

The Couperin Consortium is a non-profit association of French higher education and research establishments that aims to develop access to scientific and technical information for the scientific community. Created in 1999, Couperin counts, in 2023, 260 members. It is financed by its members and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research. Its main activity is to identify the needs of its members in terms of electronic resources, and to negotiate and organise the purchase of digital documentary products at the best price for the benefit of its members. It contributes to the development of Open Science.

With more than 27 million scientific publications spanning 700 years and covering all disciplines, Istex is the largest repository of standardised scientific archives serving French research. Its unique feature is that it is technically and legally compatible with text mining and analysis. The Istex database brings together multilingual (but mainly in English) and multidisciplinary retrospective collections of the world's scientific literature, resulting from negotiations with 30 electronic publishers.

A public institution under the Ministry of Culture, the Centre national du livre is France's leading supporter of books and reading. Its mission is to encourage the creation and distribution of quality works through a wide range of support schemes for those involved in the book chain (authors, publishers, booksellers, libraries, organisers of literary events) and to promote the development of reading among all audiences.

Established in 2003, Persée is a research and support unit, attached to the École nationale supérieure (ENS) and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), and supported by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research. Its main mission is to develop documentary heritage for the benefit of research by ensuring its dissemination, enrichment and preservation. The Persée portal brings together complete collections of journals, conference proceedings, series and books. It now hosts almost 400 collections, representing more than one million documents, with new titles added regularly.

The Centre technique du livre de l'enseignement supérieur (CTLes) is a depository for low-use higher-education and research library print collections in the Paris metropolitan area created in 1994. The facility offers proper safekeeping and preservation conditions. A daily CTLes shuttle delivers requested documents to Paris libraries. Alternatively, interlibrary loans are provided by postal service. The holdings are divided into three groups: transfers, deposits, temporary storage. In addition to this first mission, the CTLes has a leading role in the cooperative preservation management of journals collections in higher education institutions. It provides support to the growing number of cooperative preservation programs.

AfLIA is an independent international not-for-profit organization which pursues the interests of library and information associations, library and information services, librarians and information workers and the communities they serve in Africa. It was established in 2013 and registered as an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) under the laws of Ghana in October 2014. AfLIA is the trusted voice of the African library and information community in Africa's development.

Biblionef Ghana is a non - profit organisation that donates new storybooks to institutions/organisations that offer services to less privileged children, thus supporting literacy in the provision of reading materials in mainly deprieve communities.

The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institute, active worldwide. The Goethe-Institute library works in partnership with other libraries and professional associations in this country and abroad to promote professional dialogue and exchanges. In Ghana, the Goethe-Institut works together with Ghana Library Board to organise conferences.

The CARLIGH was founded in 2004 to provide access to online resources and training for members. University libraries, polytechnic libraries, college of education libraries, research libraries, special libraries, and other consortia are eligible to become members of CARLIGH. Currently there are 40 member institutions.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) is one of the world's leading private, international philanthropic organizations, making grants to nonprofit organizations in the areas of arts and culture, education, health and sports, and social welfare. Since 1996, the Foundation has provided more than $2.9 billion, through more than 4,500 grants to nonprofit organizations in 124 nations around the world. SNF has a long-standing commitment to libraries worldwide. The most outstanding grants offered to libraries include the complete renovation of New York Public Library’s Mid-Manhattan Central Circulating Branch and the creation of an endowment in support of its public programs. In Greece, SNF’s largest single gift to libraries is the new home facilities of the National Library of Greece (NLG) together with the grant aimed at supporting NLG transition projects.