Screen shot of the Public Libraries in Europe pages This site is maintained by the Hardens, Sheila and Robert, and aims to provide a country by country listing of public library presence on the World Wide Web in Europe. The listing is segmented into chunks of several countries, each with its own page. Under each country there are links to public libraries and to library organisations. Where lists of sites already exist, they are not duplicated but are pointed to. The Hardens' own excellent UK public library pages are an example here.
Access is via a country-name index.
The pages are well laid out, clear and uncluttered. They have been awarded the 'Speech Friendly Ribbon Award', signifying that their design is alert to the needs of the visually impaired. That it is possible to put together the pages in this way is testament to the early stage of development of networked public library services. However, this is not to underestimate the effort that has gone into the location and assembly of resources. A visit to many of the sites listed reveals a rather perfunctory presence.