The book contains papers from the symposium. Presentation of building projects in national libraries in Copenhagen, Tallinn, Vilnius and projects in university and special libraries in Oslo, Greifswald, Warsaw, Lübeck, Tartu and Roskilde. The second part of the book is about recent trends in the light of the IT-development in the public libraries in Russia, Finland, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland. All papers were presented by directors or deputy directors.
