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Why?
L'Association des Directeurs des Bibliothèques Départementales
de Prêt (ADBDP), created in November 1987, came into being from
the need to create a vehicle of dialogue for the Directors of Regional
Libraries (BDP), when, from January 1, 1986, the BDP had been placed under
the authority of the County Councils of Departments.
Who?
The ADBDP brings together three quarters of the 96 directors. The activities
offered allow its members to deal with the organization of a public reading
service and a regionally networked documentation service at a time when
a considerable number of very different program choices are available.
What?
The ADBDP developed its agenda according to a number of possible directions:
- reflection:
in the framework of the Annual Study Days is devoted to a theme. It
gives participants the opportunity to take stock of general directions,
to touch on local experiences, and to meet and get together!
- information:
with an occasional bulletin, Tranversales; an original system of phone
surveys; the Guide of the BDP; other numerous publications; and, since
1998, a web site.
- the establishing
of the ADBDP as an intermediary for problems shared among BDPs.
- the opening
to foreign experiences (Denmark, Quebec, Sweden, the Valle d'Aosta,
Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Finland), and exchanges with libraries
which are network heads.
- the participation
in national debates on topical problems such as lending rights and library
law.
- recognition
of the BDP's uniqueness, and defence of professional personnel standards,
especially at the directorial level.
How?
All 18 members of the Board of Directors
are involved in the Association's operations.
Funding comes
from the Association's members as well as from services offered and products
distributed.
La Direction
du Livre et de la Lecture (Office of Books and Libraries of the French
Ministry of Culture) has financially supported the ADBDP since its founding,
and has become its representative for a certain number of areas.
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