26th EBLIDA Annual Council Meeting & EBLIDA-NAPLE Conference: "Libraries bridging borders" - Sciencesconf.org

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"The title of the 26th EBLIDA Annual Council Meeting & EBLIDA-NAPLE Conference is "Libraries Bridging Borders" , a theme that suits Strasbourg and the Upper Rhine region perfectly, in the international right of the heart of Europe. Europe is at a crossroads in its history. Over the past couple of years, political tensions have risen among the citizens of Europe and globally. Governments throughout Europe have been taking various steps and measures to open their borders to refugees. Meanwhile, terrorism has had a huge impact throughout the continent, challenging the free movement of people in the EU. At the same time, the mass digitization of our world, and the advancement of the sharing economy is impacting the way citizens access to culture and challenges the concept of borders itself. There is a strong global demand of citizens for access to content anywhere any time. As Prime Minister Jüri Ratas (Estonia) in a statement in February 2017 before Estonia took over the Presidency of the Council of the EU, "Striving towards a seamless physical and digital connectivity is in the interest of the European Union be separated from the free movement of goods, services, people, capital, and knowledge ". Libraries and librarians are working in a cross-border environment, be it related to countries, disciplines, preservation, knowledge, copyright or any of the issues in relation to free access to information. For free movement of knowledge, we need libraries bridging borders."