Eubam

2001 the workíng group EUBAM has been established. It was created as an extension of EUBIB, a group already existing several years. EUBIB was a national focal point to connect European and national activities for libraries. Due to the broadening of programmes and policies to the whole cultural sector, it was necessary to enlarge the working group by experts from the museum and the archival sector. The group was renamed EUBAM (EU = European, B = Libraries (German: Bibliotheken), A = Archives (German: Archive) and M = museums (German: Museen). Chair of EUBAM is Prof. Dr. h.c. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, the president of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Foundation Prussian Heritage) in Berlin. Beside experts from the different fields the group consists of representatives of federal ministries as well as ministries of the Länder and the German Research Council (DFG) and therefore has a mandate to speak for the sector.