Forty years ago, the foundations were laid for the Conference of European National Librarians as we know it today. Because in 1986, the Director of the National Library of Portugal invited his counterparts from Denmark, Spain, France, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the Vatican. In February 1987, the directors met for the first time.

To mark this milestone, the Secretariat would like to learn about your experiences with the Conference of European National Librarians. What means CENL to you and/or your library?

We would like to ask you to answer one sentence and send it to cenl@dnb.de: To me, CENL means …