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Members

We welcome and encourage all European countries to take part of NAPLE. If you are the national authority for public libraries in your country and it is not already represented in NAPLE do not hesitate to contact us.

Currently there are no membership fees.

Ireland (Chair)

Libraries Development, Local Government Management Agency (LMGA)
Contact: Stuart Hamilton, Libraries Development; Joan Ward, Libraries Development
Address: 53/54 Upper Mount St, Dublin 2
Phone: +353 1 6761167

Spain

Ministry of Culture and Sports 
Contact: Laura Guindal Martínez, Head of Subdirectorate for Library Cooperation 
Address: Plaza del Rey nº1 . 28004 Madrid 
Phone: 91 701 72 65

Norway

National Library of Norway
Contact: Svein Arne Tinnesand, Library Development Department Director; Arne Gundersen, Senior Advisor
Address: Postboks 2674 Solli, N-0203. Oslo Phone: +47 23 27 61 38 (Svein Arne Tinnesand)
Phone: +47 97 43 68 95 (Arne Gundersen)

England

Libraries Connected 
ContactIsobel Hunter, Chief Executive 
Address: Islington Central Library, 2 Fieldway Crescent, N5 1PF 
Phone: 0203 370 2307; 0773 828 1703

Poland

Biblioteka Narodowa / National Library 
Contact: Izabela Koryś, Head of Libraries Development Unit
Address: al. Niepodległości 213. Warsaw 02-086 
Phone: +48 22 608 24 27

Portugal

Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos, e das Bibliotecas / General Directorate for Book, Archives and Libraries
Contact: Bruno Duarte Eiras, Deputy Director-General for Book, Archives and Libraries
Address: Edifício da Torre do Tombo Alameda da Universidade. 1649-010 Lisboa
Phone: +351 210 037430 Fax: +351 210 037 101

Slovenia

Ljubljana City Library
Contact: Aleš Klemen, Deputy Director
Address: Kersnikova ulica 2, 1000 Ljubljana
Phone: +386 1 308 50 03

NAPLE members by organisation

Country Member Type of organisation
England and Wales Libraries Connected Library Association
Germany German Library Association Library Association
Greece Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists Library Association
Switzerland Bibliosuisse Library Association
Belgium (Flanders) Department of Culture, Youth and Media Ministry
Croatia Ministry of Culture and Media Ministry
Estonia Republic of Estonia Ministry of Culture Ministry
Finland Ministry of Education and Culture Ministry
Lithuania Ministry of Culture Ministry
Portugal DGLAB – General Directorate for Book, Archives and Libraries Ministry
Spain Ministry of Culture and Sports Ministry
Czech Republic National Library National Library
Georgia The National Parliamentary Library of Georgia National Library
Hungary Hungarian Library Institute at the National Szechenyi Library National Library
Netherlands Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB) National Library
Norway National Library of Norway National Library
Poland The National Library of Poland National Library
Sweden National Library of Sweden National Library
Ukraine National Library National Library
Denmark Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces National/State Agency
Ireland Libraries Development, Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) National/State Agency
Scotland Scottish Library and Information Council National/State Agency
Northern Ireland Libraries Northern Ireland Other (Public library authority for Northern Ireland)
Slovenia Ljubljana City Library Other (Public library)
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