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The Changing Role of European Documentation Centres and How ‘Brexit’ Might Affect the Network

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2017

Margaret Watson
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Abstract

European Documentation Centres (EDCs) are neutral collections of official publications of the European Union, open to the public and normally housed in academic institutions throughout the European Union (EU). EDC status entitles the host organisation to receive one copy of the most significant publications and documents of the EU. The EDC network goes back to 1963, and its primary purpose has always been the support of academic research into European integration. The decision to trigger Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union clearly raises questions about role of the EDCs in the United Kingdom after ‘Brexit’. This article is written by Margaret Watson.

Keywords

official publicationsEuropean Documentation CentresBrexitEuropean Union
Type
European Union Matters
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , September 2017 , pp. 146 - 150
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2017. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 

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