Present and future November 16, 2007 Maria Heijne President IATUL

Established 1955 Originally European emphasis Well defined member group “The purpose of IATUL shall be to promote effective co-operation among its member university libraries”.

IATUL present 40 countries, 239 members Networking/communication activities –New website since summer 2007 –News alerts, IATUL-l –Global Conferences – every year Extensive proceedings, since 1999 on the web 2007: Stockholm 2008: Auckland 2009: Leuven 2010: Chicago –Local Seminars – since 2004 every year 2004 ; Oporto : Dublin : Alexandria : Warsaw

IATUL present Liaison: –IFLA –ICSTI: Int. Coalition for Scientific and Technology Information –LIBER: European Academic Libraries Licenses through Eduserv Special activities –Cross country cooperation Budget for support of projects –Special interest groups (R. Kallenborn) –Conference Travel grants for representatives of developing countries –Tony Evans grant for young librarians (3 years)

IATUL future Survey among members –Satisfaction with IATUL –Opinion about conferences, website –Proposals for new activities –Willingness to cooperate / share knowledge e.g. in Special interest groups? –IATUL to open up to other (non technological) libraries?

IATUL future More ideas –More digital communication channels: IATULblog? Wiki? –Expert member database –Shared repositories of university output –Cooperation with other (inter)national library organizations: sponsor visits of their conferences –Support member libraries in developing countries –Shared licences for content Form global coalitions in support of open access –Stronger support organisation e.g. to help organize activities

IATUL future with you For discussion: How can we interest all of you to join IATUL?