The European Libraries Programme: an overview Available to Purchase

The European Commission's Libraries programme (as it is popularly known) is set in the context of the European Union's Research and Technological Development (RTD) Framework Programmes. It has been one of the areas of general interest addressed within the specific programme ‘Telematics systems in areas of general interest’ which ran from 1991–1994. The Telematics Programme was in its turn part of the Third Framework Programme (FP3). At the time of writing (June 1995) this has now been followed by the Telematics Applications Programme of the Fourth Framework Programme, 1994–1998 (FP4). This paper looks back and takes stock of what has been the Commission's first initiative specifically in the libraries area.