The objectives of CENL are to support the European national libraries in their role to - Give everybody fast, comprehensive, multilingual and longterm access to their collections and information, and wherever appropriate without cost - Safeguard European national cultural heritage and knowledge - Do research and development to improve user services of national libraries - Promote cultural diversity and multilinguality as basic values of the European culture - Cooperate with other cultural heritage institutions, universities, publishers and information providers on a European as well as on a global level