Members

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 
Contact: Isobel 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

Belgium

Flanders – Departement Cultuur, Jeugd en Media 
Contact: Joris Eeraerts, Library Policy Officer 
Address: Arenbergstraat 9, 1000 BRUSSEL

Czech Republic

The National Library of the Czech Republic 
Contact: Vladana Pillerová, Study and Information department (Department Head), Librarianship Institute
Address: Klementinum 190, 110 01 Prague 
Phone: +420 221 663 330

Croatia

Ministry of Culture 
Contact: Dubravka Duric Nemec, Head of Directorate for Literature, Publishing and Libraries 
Address: Runjaninova, 2. Zagreb, Hrvatska 10000 
Phone: +385 1 48 66 408

Denmark

Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces. Centre for the Arts and Libraries 
Contact: Jeppe Bjerregaard Jessen, Advisor 
Address: Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen. Hammerichsgade 14, 1611 København V 
Phone: + 45 33 95 42 00; +45 33 74 52 47

England and Wales

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

Estonia

Eesti Kultuuriministeerium / Estonian Ministry of Culture 
Contact: Ülle Talihärm, Adviser on libraries 
Address: Suur Karja 23, 15076. Tallinn 
Phone: 372 628 2244 
Fax: 372 628 2200

Finland

Ministry of Education and Culture 
Contact: Mitro Kaurinkoski, Specialist (until 29.5.2023); Leena Aaltonen, Senior Ministerial Adviser (from 30.5.2023)
Address: P.O. Box 29, FI-00023 Government. Helsinki 
Phone: +358 50 560 2952 (Mitro Kaurinkoski); +358 295 330 344 (Leena Aaltonen)

Georgia

The National Parliamentary Library of Georgia
Contact: Maia Simonishvili, Leading Specialist, Curator of the Anglo-American Reading Hall
Address: 7 Gudiashvili Street, Tbilisi, Georgia, 0107
Phone: +995 322 971618, Mobile: +995 555385787

Germany

German Library Association / Deutsche Bibliotheksverband 
Contact: Dr. Holger Krimmer, Chief Executive Director
Address: Fritschestraße 27-28 (2. Hof, Aufgang A, 1. Stock rechts), 10585 Berlin 
Phone: 030 644 98 99 10

Greece

Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists 
Contact: Antonis Mourikis, Association’s representative 
Address: Akadimias 84 Athens 106.78 
Phone: +306972331224

Hungary

Hungarian Library Institute at the National Szechenyi Library 
Contact: Katalin Bankeszi, Honorary Director 
Address: 1014 Budapest, Szent György Tér 4-5-6 
Phone: (1) 224 3700

Ireland

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

Lithuania

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania 
Contact: Grazina Lamanauskiene, Chief Officer (Libraries) 
Address: J.Basanavičiaus str. 5, Vilnius LT-01118 
Phone: +370 5 219 3477 
Fax: +370 5 262 31 20

Netherlands

Koninklijke Bibliotheek 
Contact: Sander van Kempen, Stafafdeling Bibliotheekstelsel 
Address: Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5, 2595 BE Den Haag, Netherlands 
Phone: +31 6 54328308

Northern Ireland

Libraries Northern Ireland 
Contact: Trisha Ward
Address: Omagh Library. 1 Spillars Place, Omagh BT78 1HL 
Phone: +44 028 82 440 726

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)

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: Edificio da Torre do Tombo Alameda da Universidade. Lisboa 1649-010 
Phone: +351 210 037430 Fax: +351 210 037 101

Scotland

Scottish Library and Information Council 
Contact: Pamela Tulloch, Chief Executive Officer 
Address: Turnberry House, Suite 5.5, 175 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2LB
Phone: +44 7799662935

Slovenia

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

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

Sweden

National Library of Sweden 
Contact: Anna Lundén, Head of Division, National Coordination of Libraries; Elisabet Rundqvist, National Library of Sweden 
Address: Stockholm 5039 SE-102 41 
Phone: +46 10 709 36 14

Switzerland

Bibliosuisse 
Contact: Franziska Baetcke, Member of the Board
Address: Obere Kirchgasse 6, CH-8400 Winterthur
Phone: +41 52 267 51 56 / +41 79 249 10 18

Ukraine

Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine
Contact: Tetyana Batanova, Head of Judaica Department of Institute of Manuscript
Address: 3 Holosiivskyi Ave, Kyiv, 03039
Phone: +38 044 525 81 04, +38 044 234 82 56
Mobile phone: +380504632287, +380975210384 (telegram)

Wales

National Library of Wales 
Contact: Pedr ap Llwyd, Chief Executive and National Librarian 
Address: Rhodfa Padarn, Llanbadarn Fawr Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3UR 
Phone: +0300 062 2112