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International Cooperation
Organisations and the role of the National Library of Finland



Library cooperation and central organisation

Bibliothecha Baltica
Board member

CDNL Conference of Directors of National Libraries
member

CENL Conference of European National Libraries
member

CERL Consortium of European Research Libraries
member

IFLA
Active in several sectors and working groups

IIPC (International Internet Preservation Consortium)
member

MINERVA/MINERVA Plus
participant

NORON (Directors of Nordic State and National Libraries)
Member

OCLC (Online Computer Library Center)
Member; a representative in the Members Council

SVUC Scandinavian Virtual Union Catalogue
Full participant and co-ordinator

The European Library
full participant
Management group, member
Technical working group, member

NDHA (New Zealand National Digital Heritage Archive)
Peer rewiew group member

Nordbib - WP3, Development of Information Environment Architecture for Nordic Countries

Michael+, Multilingual Inventory of Cultural Heritage in Europe



Other Library related organizations

ELAG, European Library Automation Group
member

National Libraries Ex Libris Advisory Board
member

European ICOLC, International Coalition of Library Consortia
Programme group, member

IAML International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres
Member

IASA, The International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives
Member

IGELU, International Group of Ex Libris Users
Product Working Group for Metalib/SFX, board member
Consortia Group, member

Publishers´ Advisory Boards
Active member in the advisory boards of Elsevier, Blackwell, Springer



Standardisation

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
National affiliate and a member in the Board of Trustees and Advisory Board

ISBN, International Standard Book Number
ISBN Panel meeting for the delegates of ISBN agencies

ISSN, The International Standard Serial Number
ISSN Governing Board
Meeting of Directors of ISSN Centres, member

ISMN, International Standard Music Number
ISMN Panel meeting for the delegates of ISMN agencies

ISO, International Organisation for Standardization
ISO TC 46, board member
Active in several working groups creating and revising individual information and documentation standards, including International Standard Collection Identifier (co-ordinator), International Standard Name Identifier and Digital Object Identifier.
NISO, US National Information Standards Organization
The first non-American affiliate


INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION


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Meeting of the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL) at Helsinki's House of Estates in the autumn of 2007.



"Scientific researchers do not have to read ranking lists of universities; they know otherwise which institutions of higher learning represent the top of their sectors. This quiet information is based on the actual levels of research and teaching, not PR speeches or calculated publication quantities. The real challenge of the "Top University Project" is to earn an international reputation that spreads to the world of science through internal networks."

Mirkka Lappalainen



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