BIS and SAB/CLP will merge into Bibliosuisse

On the 12th of March, BIS and SAB/CLP, two Swiss Library Associations decided to merge into a new entity called “Bibliosuisse”. The former being the association which mostly represents academic and heritage libraries as well as documentation centres (BIS = Bibliothèque Information Suisse) and the latter reading public libraries (CLP = Communauté de travail des bibliothèques suisses de lecture publique).

The merge will officially happen on August 29th in Montreux during the Swiss Library Congress and the new association will start its activity on 1 January 2019. Bibliosuisse will defend the interests of all types of libraries and their staff.