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Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development
The Lyon Declaration of August 2014 was written in English. The wording of the English version shall prevail.
The United Nations is negotiating a new development agenda to succeed the Millennium Development Goals. The agenda will guide all countries on approaches to improving people’s lives, and outline a new set of goals to be reached during the period 2016-2030.
We, the undersigned, believe that increasing access to information and knowledge across society, assisted by the availability of information and communications technologies (ICTs), supports sustainable development and improves people’s lives.
We therefore call upon the Member States of the United Nations to make an international commitment to use the post-2015 development agenda to ensure that everyone has access to, and is able to understand, use and share the information that is necessary to promote sustainable development and democratic societies.
Principles
Sustainable development seeks to ensure the long-term socio-economic prosperity and well-being of people everywhere. The ability of governments, parliamentarians, local authorities, local communities, civil society, the private sector and individuals to make informed decisions is essential to achieving it.
In this context, a right to information would be transformational. Access to information supports development by empowering people, especially marginalised people and those living in poverty, to:
- Exercise their civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights.
- Be economically active, productive and innovative.
- Learn and apply new skills.
- Enrich cultural identity and expression.
- Take part in decision-making and participate in an active and engaged civil society.
- Create community-based solutions to development challenges.
- Ensure accountability, transparency, good governance, participation and empowerment.
- Measure progress on public and private commitments on sustainable development.
Declaration
In accordance with the findings of the High Level Panel on the Post–2015 Development Agenda, the post-2015 consultations of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Open Working Group Focus Area Report, all of which identified the crucial role of access to information in supporting development, we, the undersigned, recognise that:
- Poverty is multidimensional, and progress in eradicating poverty is linked to sustainable development across a variety of areas.
- Sustainable development must take place in a human-rights based framework, where:
- Inequality is reduced by the empowerment, education and inclusion of marginalized groups, including women, indigenous peoples, minorities, migrants, refugees, persons with disabilities, older persons, children and youth.
- Gender equality, along with full social, economic and political engagement, can be significantly enhanced by empowering women and girls through equitable access to education.
- Dignity and autonomy can be strengthened by ensuring access to employment and decent jobs for all.
- Equitable access to information, freedom of expression, freedom of association and assembly, and privacy are promoted, protected and respected as being central to an individual’s independence.
- Public participation of all is ensured to allow them to take ownership of change needed to improve their lives.
- Increased access to information and knowledge, underpinned by universal literacy, is an essential pillar of sustainable development. Greater availability of quality information and data and the involvement of communities in its creation will provide a fuller, more transparent allocation of resources.
- Information intermediaries such as libraries, archives, civil society organisations (CSOs), community leaders and the media have the skills and resources to help governments, institutions and individuals communicate, organize, structure and understand data that is critical to development. They can do this by:
- Providing information on basic rights and entitlements, public services, environment, health, education, work opportunities, and public expenditure that supports local communities and people to guide their own development.
- Identifying and focusing attention on relevant and pressing needs and problems within a population.
- Connecting stakeholders across regional, cultural and other barriers to facilitate communication and the exchange of development solutions that could be scaled for greater impact.
- Preserving and ensuring ongoing access to cultural heritage, government records and information by the public, through the stewardship of national libraries and archives and other public heritage institutions.
- Providing public forums and space for wider civil society participation and engagement in decision-making.
- Offering training and skills to help people access and understand the information and services most helpful to them.
- Improved ICT infrastructure can be used to expand communications, speed up the delivery of services and provide access to crucial information particularly in remote communities. Libraries and other information intermediaries can use ICTs to bridge the gap between national policy and local implementation to ensure that the benefits of development reach all communities.
- We, the undersigned, therefore call on Member States of the United Nations to acknowledge that access to information, and the skills to use it effectively, are required for sustainable development, and ensure that this is recognised in the post-2015 development agenda by:
- Acknowledging the public's right to access information and data, while respecting the right to individual privacy.
- Recognising the important role of local authorities, information intermediaries and infrastructure such as ICTs and an open Internet as a means of implementation.
- Adopting policy, standards and legislation to ensure the continued funding, integrity, preservation and provision of information by governments, and access by people.
- Developing targets and indicators that enable measurement of the impact of access to information and data and reporting on progress during each year of the goals in a Development and Access to Information (DA2I) report.
Signatories
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
And in alphabetical order: - 2020 Communications Trust
- Academic Libraries of Indiana
- Access
- Access to Information Programme
- Acess Culture/Acesso Cultura
- ActiveWatch Media Monitoring Agency
- Afghanistan Journalists Center
- Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC)
- African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA)
- Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
- Agenda21 for culture
- Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology
- Aladin Netwerk
- Alexander Technological Educational Institution (ATEI) of Thessaloniki
- Alfaisal University
- Allan Bean Centre Library New Zealand Spinal Trust
- Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI)
- Alliance Sud InfoDoc
- American Association of Law Libraries
- American Library Association (ALA)
- Anabad Castilla La Mancha
- APO Policy Online
- Appalachian State University
- Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
- Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland)
- Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York Inc.
- Archivo y Biblioteca Nacionales de Bolivia (ABNB)
- Arkhangelsk Regional Library
- ARS LONGA e.V. - Verein für Interkulturelle Begegnungen
- Article 19
- Artxibategi Liburutegi eta Dokumentazio Zentroetako Profesionalen Euskal Elkartea (ALDEE)
- Asociación Andaluza de Bibliotecarios
- Asociación Bibliotecológica de Guatemala
- Asociación Civil de Bibliotecarios Jurídicos (ACBJ)
- Asociación Cubana de Bibliotecarios ASCUBI
- Asociación Cubana de Bibliotecarios en Granma
- Asociación de Archiveros de Castilla y León (ACAL)
- Asociacion de Biblioteca Universitarias Dominicana (ABUD)
- Asociación de Bibliotecarios Arquiveiros Museólogos e Documentalistas de Galicia
- Asociación de Bibliotecarios de El Salvador (ABES)
- Asociación de Bibliotecarios de Toledo (ABITO)
- Asociación de Bibliotecarios Graduados de la República Argentina (ABGRA)
- Asociación de Bibliotecarios Graduados del Paraguay (ABIGRAP)
- Asociación de Bibliotecólogos del Uruguay (ABU)
- Asociación Española de Documentación Musical (AEDOM)
- Asociación Nacional de Directores de Bibliotecas del Sector Académico
- Asociaciòn Nicaraguense de Bibliotecarios y Profesionales Afines (ANIBIPA)
- Asociación Panameña de Bibliotecarios
- Asociación Profesional de Especialistas en Información (APEI)
- Associação Internacional Biblioteca Digital Lusófona
- Associació Ciutadania i Comunicació (ACICOM)
- Associació Lectura Fàcil
- Associació Tarragona Transparent
- Association des Bibliothécaires du Québec Library Association (ABQLA)
- Association des bibliothèques chrétiennes de France
- Association des directeurs de bibliothèques départementales de prêt (ADBDP)
- Association des Directeurs et des personnels de direction des Bibliothèques Universitaires et de la documentation (ADBU)
- Association des Professionnels Bibliothécaires Archivistes et Documentalistes (APROBAD)
- Association des Professionnels des Bibliothèques et de lInformation documentaire à Madagascar (APBIM)
- Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
- Association for library development and innovation INNOVA LIB - Radovish
- Association for Progressive Communications
- Association internationale francophone des bibliothécaires et documentalistes (aifbd)
- Association of Caribbean University Reserach and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL)
- Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)
- Association of Danish Public Library Managers
- Association of Hungarian Librarians
- Association of Indonesian Library and Information Professionals (ISIPII)
- Association of Librarians and Documentalists of Catalonia (COBDC)
- Association of librarians of France (ABF)
- Association of Libraries of Czech Universities (ALCU)
- Association of Library and Information Professionals of the Czech Republic (SKIP)
- Association of Parliamentary Libraries of East and Southern Africa
- Association of Professional Librarians (APL) Mauritius
- Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
- Association pour lavancement des sciences et techniques de la documentation (ASTED)
- Association pour la Promotion des Sciences de l'Information Documentaire en Côte d'Ivoire (APSID-CI)
- Association pour le Développement des Activités Documentaires au Bénin (ADADB)
- Association Professionnelle des bibliothécaires et documentalistes (APBD)
- Associatioun vun de Lëtzebuerger Bibliothekären
- Associazione Biblioteche oggi
- Associazione Italiana Biblioteche (AIB)
- aStec angewandte Systemtechnik GmbH
- ASTRA County Library of Sibiu (Biblioteca Judeteana ASTRA Sibiu)
- Auckland Libraries
- Aula virtual de social media College
- Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
- Australian Public Library Alliance
- Australian School Library Association
- Austrian Library Association
- Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR)
- Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)
- Belarusian Association of Journalists
- Belgian Association for Documentation (ABD-BVD)
- Bergen Public Library
- Berufsverband Bibliothek und Information
- Beyond Access
- Biblio Andarto B. S.L.
- Biblioteca "Fernando Ortiz"
- Biblioteca Central de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB)
- Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana di Vicenza - Istituzione pubblica culturale del Comune di Vicenza
- Biblioteca de Catalunya
- Biblioteca de Ciencias Sociales "Enzo Faletto"
- Biblioteca Judeteana "Octavian Goga" Cluj
- Biblioteca Lorenzo Mendoza Fleury del Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA)
- Biblioteca Mário de Andrade
- Biblioteca Nacional de Guatemala "Luis Cardoza y Aragón"
- Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay
- Biblioteca Provincial Alex Urquiola
- Biblioteca Statale di Montevergine
- Biblioteca Universitaria da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
- Biblioteca Universitaria di Lugano
- Biblioteca Walt Whitman Instituto Guatemalteco Americano
- Bibliotecarios de la Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana
- Bibliotecas Públicas de la Provincia Guantánamo
- Bibliotecología y Ciencias de la Información Centro Nacional de Información para el Abogado (CIABO)
- Bibliotekarforbundet (The Danish Union of Librarians)
- Biblioteksentralen
- Bibliothecarii Medicinae Fenniae ry (BMF)
- Bibliotheek Kennemerwaard
- Bibliothek & Information Deutschland
- Bibliothek der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
- Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire - Lausanne
- Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne à Porrentruy
- Bibliothèque de la Société Port-Royal
- Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon
- Bibliothèque publique dinformation
- Bibliothèque universitaire de lInstitut catholique de Toulouse
- Bibliothèques de Montréal
- Bibliothèques Européennes de Théologie
- Bibliothèques Sans Frontières / Libraries Without Borders
- BiblogTecarios
- Book Aid International
- Botswana Library Association
- Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology - IBICT
- Brill
- British & Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL)
- British Columbia Library Association
- Brunei Darussalam Library Association
- Bulgarian Library and Information Association
- Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
- Bytes for All (B4A)
- CALIFA Group
- Cambodian Center for Human Rights
- Canadian Association of Music Libraries Archives and Documentation Centres/LAssociation canadienne des bibliothèques archives et centres de documentation musicaux
- Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL)
- Canadian Association of Research Libraries / Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada
- Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA/ABSC)
- Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
- Canadian Library Association
- Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC/CBUC)
- Carnegie Mellon University Libraries
- Carnegie UK Trust
- Casa Internazionale delle Donne - Trieste
- Catalan Association of Archivists and Records Managers
- Center for Information Policy in Africa
- Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility
- Center for Media Research - Nepal (CMR-Nepal)
- Central Medical Library Skopje
- Central West Libraries
- Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT)
- Centre for Studies in Science Policy Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Centro de Bioinformática y Biología Computacional de Colombia
- Centro de Documentación de la Superintendencia de Administración Tributaria en Guatemala
- Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas de Cuba
- Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
- Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA)
- Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)
- CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
- Club UNESCO di Trento
- Coalition for Action Copyright for Education and Research
- Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI)
- Coates Library Trinity University
- Col·legi oficial de bibliotecaris i documentalistes de la Comunitat Valenciana (COBDCV)
- Colegio Colombiano de Bibliotecología ASCOLBI
- Colegio de Bibliotecarios de Chile A.G.
- Colegio de Bibliotecólogos Archivólogos y Museólogos del Ecuador
- Colegio de Profesionales en Ciencias de la Información de Bolivia (CPCIB)
- Collège et École de commerce André-Chavanne (Documentation Centre)
- Collegium Artium
- Comité français international bibliothèques et documentation (Cfibd)
- Committee to Protect Journalists
- Communia International Association on the Public Domain
- Computer Aid International
- Comune di Casacalenda
- Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)
- Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL)
- Conference of European National Librarians (CENL)
- Conference of SE Asia Librarians (CONSAL)
- Consejo Nacional para Asuntos Bibliotecarios de las Instituciones de Educación Superior A.C. (CONPAB-IES)
- Consorci de Biblioteques de Barcelona
- Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC)
- Consortium des Bibliothèques de l'Enseignement Supérieur du Sénégal (COBESS)
- Consortium of European Research Libraries
- Cooperation for Peace and Development (CPD)
- Corporation des bibliothécaires professionnels du Québec
- Council of New Zealand University Librarians (CONZUL)
- Croatian Library Association
- Cunningham Memorial Library
- Danish Library Association
- Danske Fag-Forsknings-og Uddannelsesbiblioteker
- de Bibliotheek Utrecht
- De La Salle University Libraries
- DEANZ
- Democracy for Development Institute (D4D)
- Department of Information & Communications Shih Hsin University
- Department of Information Science - University of Pretoria
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Information und Wissen (DGI)
- Deutscher Bibliotheksverband e.V. (dbv) - German Library Association
- Development Gateway
- Development Initiatives
- DevKlapana Technologies LLC
- Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Library
- Dhaka Ahsania Mission
- Digital Divide Data (DDD)
- DIK
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- documentation de l'hôpital neuchâtelois
- Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences (SHB)
- East- Kazakhstan Regional Librarians' Association
- E-Civis
- École de Bibliothécaires Archivistes et Documentalistes (EBAD)
- École nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques (Enssib)
- École supérieure des sciences et techniques de l'information et de la communication (ESSTIC)
- EditingPlus
- El Banco del libro de Venezuela
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
- Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL)
- Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT)
- Emerge For Africa Ltd
- Engen Petroleum Ltd
- Engineers for Social Responsibility
- English PEN
- Escuela de Ciencias de la Información (ECI)
- Estonian Librarians Association
- European Association for Health Information and Libraries
- European Association of Science Editors (EASE)
- European Bureau of Library Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA)
- European Network for Copyright in Support of Education and Science (ENCES e.V.)
- Faculty of Library and Information Science University of Barcelona
- Far Eastern University
- Fed. Española de Soc. de Archivística Biblioteconomía Documentación y Museística (FESABID)
- Federação Brasileira de Associações de Bibliotecários e Cientistas da Informação (FEBAB)
- Federación Española de Asociaciones de Archiveros Bibliotecarios Arqueólogos Museólogos y Documentalistas
- Federación Española de Asociaciones de Archiveros Bibliotecarios Arqueólogos Museólogos y Documentalistas (ANABAD-Aragón)
- Fédération des enseignants documentalistes de l'Education nationale (FADBEN)
- Finlands svenska biblioteksförening
- Finnish Library Association
- Finnish Research Library Association (STKS)
- Florida Institute of Technology Libraries
- FOBID Netherlands Library Forum
- Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori
- Fondazione BEIC - Biblioteca Europea di Informazione e Cultura
- Forum of Argentine Journalism
- Foundation for Press Freedom - FLIP
- Freedom Forum
- Freedom of Press Foundation (Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa-FLIP)
- FSM Supreme Court Law Libraries (FSMSCLL)
- Fundación Biblioteca Social
- Fundación Conector
- Fundación Cultura de Paz - Foundation for a Culture of Peace
- Fundar Research and Analysis Center
- Galing Foundation Inc.
- Geneva Library Association (AGBD)
- Ghana Library Association
- Gigabit Libraries Network
- Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP)
- Global Forum for Media Development
- Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)
- Global Healthcare Information Network
- Global Integrity
- Global Partners Digital
- Grand People's Study House Korean Librarians Association
- Groupe de Réflexion sur l'Information et la Documentation dans l'Enseignement Agricole (GRIDEA)
- Grupo Coordinador de Trabajo Cooperado
- Hässleholm Culture Department
- Haute Ecole de gestion de Genève Departement Information documentaire
- Health Science Information Consortium of Toronto
- Helsingborg Public Libraries
- Holy Spirit University of Kaslik
- Hungarian Civil Liberties Union
- Imo State University
- Index on Censorship
- Indexmurcia
- Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS)
- Information and Communication Society of India (ICSI)
- Information and Documentation Centre Central Institute for Social and Development Studies INCEDES Guatemala
- Infrastructure Services for Open Access
- Initiative for Freedom of Expression -Turkey
- Institute for the Studies on Free Flow of Information (Indonesia)
- Institute of International Commercial Law
- Institute on Disability and Public Policy at American University
- Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas y de la Información de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Instituto superior de relaciones internacionales 'Raul Roa Garcia' (ISRI)
- International Association of Music Libraries Archives Documentation Centres
- International Association of Music Libraries Archives Documentation Centres - French Branch
- International Association of Music Libraries Archives Documentation Centres - Italian Branch
- International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
- International Centre for Theoretical Phisics
- International Disability Alliance (IDA)
- International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)
- International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
- International Federation of Catholic Universities ( IFCU )
- International Federation of Journalists Asia Pacific
- International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy (IINAS)
- International Press Institute (IPI)
- International Records Management Trust
- International School for Advanced Studies
- International Society for Knowledge Organization
- Internet Democracy Project
- Internews
- IntraHealth International
- IP Justice
- IREX
- Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle Biblioteche Italiane e per le informazioni bibliografiche (ICCU)
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità
- Jamaica Library Service
- Japan Library Association
- Joeten-Kiyu Public Library
- Juuntos - Comunidad Latinoamericana de Tecnología Web
- Karisma Foundation
- Kawempe Youth Centre (KYC)
- Kenya Human Rights Commission
- Kenya Library Association
- KEPA
- kiwanja.net
- La Memo
- Laos Library Association
- Lebanese Library Association
- Librarians League of the Republic of Moldova
- Librarians Without Borders (LWB)
- Library & Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA)
- Library and Information Association of Jamaica (LIAJA)
- Library and Information Association of Mauritius (LIA)
- Library and Information Association of South Africa
- Library Association from Moldova
- Library Association in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Library Association of Bangladesh (LAB)
- Library Association of Cambodia
- Library Association of Indonesia
- Library Association of Ireland
- Library Association of Singapore
- Library Association of the City University of New York (LACUNY)
- Library of the Congress of Argentina (Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación Argentina)
- Library of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Ss. Cyril and Methodius University
- Library Service - Government of Catalonia
- Libyan Association for Libraries
- Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche / Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER)
- Lincoln University Library
- Lintle Community Awakening
- Lithuanian Librarians Association
- Lithuanian Research Library Consortium
- Louisiana Research Collection-Tulane University
- Luisterpuntbibliotheek: Flemish Library for Braille Books and Audio Books (Belgium)
- Malawi National Library Service
- Manitoba Library Association
- Manitoba School Library Association
- Martynas Mavydas National Library of Lithuania
- Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
- Mauritius Council of Registered Librarians
- Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) / Australia
- Media Foundation for West Africa
- Media Rights Agenda
- Media Watch Bangladesh
- Medical Aid Films
- Medical Library Association Inc.
- Medien- und Informationszentren an den Pädagogischen Hochschulen der Deutschschweiz (MIPHD)
- Metropolitan Library of Bucharest
- Mexican Association of Librarians
- Milan Municipality
- Ministry of External Affairs Library
- Modena per gli altri (MOXA)
- Monash South Africa Library
- Montenegrin Library Association (Udruenje bibliotekara Crne Gore)
- Mortenson Center for International Library Programs
- Mozilla Foundation
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
- Music Library Association
- Myanmar Library Association
- mySociety
- Namibia Information Workers Association
- Namibia Library and Information Council (NLIC)
- Narva Central Library
- Nati per Leggere
- National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA)
- National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- National and University Library of Iceland
- National and University Library of Slovenia
- National Book Development Council of Singapore
- National Forum on Information Literacy
- National Library of Austria
- National Library of Brazil
- National Library of Cambodia
- National Library of Colombia
- National Library of Cuba
- National Library of Denmark and Copenhagen University Library
- National Library of France
- National Library of Indonesia
- National Library of Israel
- National Library of Jamaica
- National Library of Korea
- National Library of Laos
- National Library of Latvia
- National Library of Luxembourg
- National Library of Mauritius
- National Library of Mongolia
- National Library of Montenegro "Djurdje Crnojevic"
- National Library of Myanmar
- National Library of Norway
- National Library of Romania
- National Library of Scotland
- National Library of Serbia
- National Library of Singapore
- National Library of South Africa
- National Library of Spain
- National Library of Sweden
- National Library of Thailand
- National Library of the Netherlands
- National Library of the Philippines
- National library of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- National Library of the Republic of Moldova
- National Library of Uganda
- National Library of Vietnam
- National Research Foundation of South Africa
- National University of Lesotho Library
- Natural History Museum of Bern Library
- Nepal Community Library Association
- Netherlands Public Library Association (Vereniging van Openbare Bibliotheken VOB)
- New Zealand Law Librarians Association
- Norwegian Association of Special Libraries (NFF)
- Norwegian Library Association
- Norwegian Union of Librarians (Bibliotekarforbundet)
- Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees (FAGFORBUNDET)
- Observatorio Latinoamericano Para La Libertad De Expresion (OLA)
- Odense Central Public Library
- Oficina General del Sistema de Bibliotecas y Biblioteca Central Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
- Omani Library Association
- ONG Derechos Digitales
- Online information system for Ibero American and Caribbean scholarly journals (LATINDEX)
- Ontario Library Association
- Open Coalition
- Open Knowledge Foundation
- Open Polytechnic
- Open Science Federation
- Oregon State University Libraries & Press
- Oromia Media Network Inc.
- Oslo Public Library
- Otorohanga District Library
- Pacific Islands Association of Libraries Archives and Museums (PALIA)
- Pacific Islands News Association (PINA)
- Pädagogische Hochschule St.Gallen medienverbund.phsg
- Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)
- Papua New Guinea National Research Institute
- Partnerships in Health Information (PHI)
- PBZ Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Zürich
- Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia
- Persatuan Pustakawan Malaysia / Librarians Association of Malaysia
- Philippines Librarians Association
- Polish American Librarians Association
- Polish Librarians Association
- Portuguese Librarians Association (B.A.D.)
- Professional Association Mobile Libraries of Spain (ACLEBIM)
- Public Association "Journalists"
- Public Knowledge
- Public Knowledge Project
- Public Libraries Australia
- Public Libraries Victoria Network Inc.
- Public Libraries Western Australia Inc
- Public Library Association
- Public Library Cieneguilla Ricardo Palma
- Public Library Managers (Public Libraries of New Zealand)
- Punjab Library Association (PLA) (Regd)
- Queensland Public Library Association
- Queensland School Libraries Association
- READ Global (Rural Education and Development)
- Red de Redes de Informacion de Argentina (RECIARIA)
- REMDI
- Research Libraries UK (RLUK)
- Restless Development
- Rizal Library Ateneo de Manila University
- Roma Capitale - Istituzione Sistema Biblioteche Centri Culturali
- Romanian National Association of Public Libraries and Librarians
- Russian Library Association
- Saskatchewan Library Association
- Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
- School Library Association
- School Library Association of Queensland Inc.
- School of Information Studies University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee
- Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL)
- Secretary of Culture - Leisure and Sports of Bogotá
- Serbian Library Association
- Servei de Biblioteques Publicacions i Arxius. Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
- Siaya Community Library
- Simon Fraser University Library
- Singapore Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE)
- Singapore Management University
- Sistema Bibliotecario - Università di Firenze Maria Giulia Maraviglia
- Sistema Bibliotecario di Ateneo - Università di Padova
- Sistema bibliotecario ticinese
- Sistema de Bibliotecas Universidad de Antioquia
- Skåne University Hospital Library
- Slavutich Association of School Librarians
- Slovak Librarians and Libraries Association
- Slovenian Library Association
- Sociedad Cubana de Ciencias de la Información
- Sociedad de Bibliotecarios de Puerto Rico
- Society for Reading and Literacy Singapore
- Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS)
- Society of American Archivists
- Society of College National and University Libraries (SCONUL)
- Society of IT Management (Socitm)
- Spanish National Organisation of the Blind (ONCE)
- Spanish Network of University Libraries (REBIUN)
- SPARC Europe
- Special Libraries Association
- Stanford University Libraries
- State Library of Queensland
- Stellenbosch University Library
- Stichting Lezen Netherlands
- Stiftung Digitale Chancen
- Stiftung Lesen German Reading Foundation
- Subdirectorate General for Libraries Coordination Spain
- Sub-secretariat of Cultural Heritage at the Ministry of Culture of the government of the city of Buenos Aires
- Swaziland Library Association
- Swedish Agency for Accessible Media (MTM)
- Swedish Library Association
- Swiss Library and Information Association
- Swiss National Library
- Te R&omacr
- Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development ACP-EU (CTA)
- Thai Library Association
- The "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu - Romania / The University Library
- The Global Citizens' Initiative
- The Library of Romanian Academy
- The Oberlin Group: A Consortium of Liberal Arts College Libraries
- Tinder Foundation
- Touring Club Italiano Documentation Center
- TSiBA Education
- Turkish Librarians Association
- Twaweza East Africa
- Ubiquity Press
- Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development
- Uganda Library & Information Association (ULIA)
- Ukrainian Library Association
- Una Biblioteca para mi Pueblo
- Unidad de Servicios Bibliotecarios y de Información-Región Veracruz
- United Kingdom Literacy Association
- Universal knowledge software
- Universidade Federal do Tocantins (Federal University of Tocantins) Library
- University Cultural Center University of Guadalajara
- University Libraries at the Loyola University Chicago
- University Library of the University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- University of Borås
- University of British Columbia Library
- University of California Libraries
- University of Colorado Boulder Libraries
- University of Education Winneba Library
- University of Ibadan
- University of Kansas Libraries
- University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA) Library
- University of South Africa Library
- University of South Florida St. Petersburg Library
- University of the Free State South Africa
- University of the Philippines Diliman Library
- University of Turin Libraries
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries Milwaukee
- UP Future Library and Information Professionals of the Philippines (UPFLIPP)
- Upplýsing Icelandic Library Association
- Urban Libraries Council
- UST Miguel de Benavides Library
- Vaggeryd Culture Department
- Venezuela Libre de Violencia
- Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare / Association of German Librarians
- Verein Schweizerischer Archivarinnen und Archivare VSA-AAS (Swiss Asoociation of Archivists)
- Vestfold County Library
- V-ICT-OR vzw
- Victoria University of Wellington Library
- Vietnamese Library Association (VLA)
- Ville de Lyon
- Vlaamse Vereniging voor Bibliotheek Archief & Documentatie vzw (VVBAD)
- Vodice Public Library (Gradska knjinica Vodice)
- Volontariat pour l'Intégration et l'Encadrement des Jeunes (VIE Jeunes)
- Wamabi (Bibliothèques de Waimes et de Malmedy)
- Washington State University Libraries
- Wayne State University
- Web Foundation
- Webster University
- Wellcome Trust
- Wellington Workers Educational Association
- Western Australian School Library Association
- Wikimedia Chile
- Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikimedia Italia - Associazione per la diffusione della conoscenza libera
- Wikimedia Mexico
- Wikimedia UK
- Wikimedia Uruguay
- World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)
- Worldpulse
- Yarra Plenty Regional Library Service
- Zach S. Henderson Library
- Zagreb Library Association
- Zimbabwe Library Association (ZimLA)