Mission Statement

The objectives of CENL are to support the European national libraries in their role to

Give everybody fast, comprehensive, multilingual and longterm access to their collections and information, and wherever appropriate without cost
Build the European Digital Library
Safeguard European national cultural heritage and knowledge
Do research and development to improve user services of national libraries
Promote cultural diversity and multilinguality as basic values of the European culture
Cooperate with other cultural heritage institutions, universities, publishers and information providers on a European as well as on a global level