EURASLIC is
- a network linking European aquatic sciences libraries and information centres
- a forum for the exchange of information and ideas relevant to aquatic sciences in Europe
- an independent, non-profit, European interest group
- a regional group of the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC).
Objectives
- to provide an organisation for the exchange of ideas and views on issues of mutual concern
- collect and present views and proposals on behalf of the members to other organisations
- to encourage cooperation within Europe and to build links with other national, regional and
- international aquatic science libraries and information networks
- to undertake joint projects, to improve the flow, exchange and dissemination of aquatic information.
History
- The European Association of Aquatic Sciences Libraries and Information Centres (EURASLIC): an outline history, 1988-2004 - By Allen Varley
- Euraslic 1998-2008 (from Newsletter, written by Jadwiga Zdanowska)
- EURASLIC: the first ten years. The origins and history of the European Association of Aquatic Sciences Libraries and Information Centres 1988-1997 - by Joan Baron and Allen Varley (in Proceedings of the 7th biennial meeting of EURASLIC 6-8 May 1998, Athina, Greece)
- EURASLIC - 35 years together - by Sofija Konjević and Grabowska-Popow, Małgorzata (in Proceedings of 20th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Aquatic Sciences Libraries and Information Centres (EURASLIC), 3-5 May, 2023, Brussels, Belgium.
- EURASLIC bibliography - list of works written about EURASLIC and its activities