Library Support Organisations

Τhe Greek Libraries Network of the National Library of Greece is set up to help academic, research, public, municipal and school libraries develop the services they offer to the public. The Greek Libraries Network, which currently numbers 234 libraries, aims to enable exchange of information, knowledge and professional communication among libraries, to undertake training programs for library staff, to design and organize national and international actions, such as campaigns or conferences, and to provide continuous library support. The National Reading Campaign for Children, organised on an annual basis, is included among the outstanding acivities of the Greek Libraries Network.

The Eugenides Foundation was established in 1956 as a non-profit-organization with the objective to contribute to the education of young Greeks in science and technology. It is a grant-giving entity (scholarships, publications) and a physical technical and vocational education center that houses a library, a planetarium, exhibition spaces, an amphitheater, and lecture rooms. From 2012 the Eugenides Foundation Library has been a member of the Organizing Committee for the Support of Libraries, aiming to contribute to the modernization of Greek libraries and information centres, so as to improve the quality of services they provide to their readers/users.

The Foundation’s aims include the promotion of Greek letters and culture, with a special interest in the promotion of historical and maritime  research. As an active and lively cultural – educational organization, it organizes and performs every year a large number of cultural and educational programmes. In addition to a 35.000 book lending library, the Foundation boasts of a Historical Library comprising some 400.000 titles, including large numbers of incunabula and ancient books. Wishing to contribute to the creation of a Maritime Libraries Union Catalogue, Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation is establishing cooperation with various libraries and institutions.

HEAL-Link is a portal through which HEAL-Link members -mainly academic institutions - have full-text access to journals, e-books and to bibliographic databases. Its objectives include the collaboration among academic libraries, the establishment of common policy, the promotion of rational growth of journals’ collections among members, the joint subscription and the management of remote access to electronic resources and information services, including electronic journals. HEAL-Link also aims at the development and establishment of standards for any kind of librarian work, at the continuing training of its members’ library staff and at the enhancement of the material availability among its members (through methods such as interlibrary loan).

The Cataloguing and Classification Unit was established in 2006 at the Library and Manuscript House of Al-Abbas's (p) Holy Shrine. Despite facing initial challenges — Iraq has been negatively affected by political and cultural crises over the past decades — the unit became a leading centre for libraries community in cataloguing and classification. The centre relied on AACR2, MARC21, and SirsiDynix (Symphony program), and over time transitioned to RDA and the Siraj system. The unit provided training courses at Iraqi universities and organised scientific conferences and workshops, contributing to achieving sustainable development goals. It also led innovative projects such as the authority file for Iraqi authors and the Iraqi Portal of Knowledge. These efforts have made the centre a leading institution and contributed to international recognition. The centre converts all types of library materials from physical to electronic form to protect them from damage and facilitate access. The materials borrowed from Iraqi libraries are accurately digitised and the library will gain an electronic form in addition to its original source. It is relied upon by numerous ministries and institutions, including the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, which explicitly requested that the Centre would be responsible for training staff and installing library software across its affiliated institutions. Another website, officially affiliated with and belonging to the Cataloguing and Classification Centre at the Library and Manuscript House of Al-Abbas's Holy Shrine: https://afiqa.net

The Consortium of National and University Libraries (CONUL) is the representative body of research libraries in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

IReL is a nationally funded e-resource licensing consortium providing access to online resources to participating Irish higher education institutions.

The aim of the Israeli Center for Libraries is to advance and foster libraries, librarianship, information science and the culture of books and reading in Israel. Founded in 1975, it is an independent body specializing in supplying professional service to libraries, librarians, those dealing with information and the publishing industry. For the past 50 years the Center has continuously provided services and products to more than 5,000 libraries and organizations and to over 6,000 librarians and information specialists. It also compiled the 1996 Israeli Librarians' Code of Ethics (which was translated to English and approved by IFLA in 2012).

Yad Hanadiv is an organization that is dedicated to creating resources for advancing Israel as a healthy, vibrant, democratic society. It is committed to Jewish values and equal opportunity for the benefit of all its inhabitants, carrying forward the philanthropic tradition of the Rothschild family. It cooperated with the University of Haifa and the National Library on the JSTOR project to digitize and make available the complete back runs of core Hebrew-Language journals and is currently cooperating with the National Library in planning a state-of-the-art, 21st century National Library for the State of Israel.

The IUCC was established in 1984 by Israel's research universities and operates as a non-profit organization. Through its centers and divisions, IUCC delivers communication and network infrastructure services, digital information services, learning technologies, as well as operating and handling all inter-university joint procurement and the legal aspects of operating Israel's National Research and Education Network (NREN). IUCC promotes cooperation in these areas among member institutions, and between research institutes and organizations.

MALMAD was established in 1998 by the Committee of University Heads (VERA) as a support unit of the Inter University Computation Center (IUCC). Its serves as a consortium for the acquisition, licensing and operation of information services to universities and colleges in Israel. The MALMAD member institutions are the eight universities of Israel and 51 colleges and research institutes with Associate Member status that subscribe selectively to various services.

As Japan's only general academic research institution seeking to create future value in the new discipline of informatics, the National Institute of Informatics (NII) seeks to advance integrated research and development activities in information-related fields, including networking, software, and content. These activities range from theoretical and methodological work through applications. As an inter-university research institute, NII promotes the creation of a state-of-the-art academic-information infrastructure (the Cyber Science Infrastructure, or CSI) that is essential to research and education within the broader academic community, with a focus on partnerships and other joint efforts with universities and research institutions throughout Japan, as well as industries and civilian organizations.