The Association is an independent Europan non-governmental and non-profit organisation whose purpose is: to promote Europan cooperation within library and information education and research and to provide a body through which it can be represented in matters of European interest.
In pursuance of its objectives the Association shall seek to:
- facilitate exchange of students among the members
- facilitate exchange of staff among members
- encourage mutual recognition of curricula or parts of curricula
- develop co-operation on research projects
- develop co-operation with other international organisations
- exchange mutual information about development in curricula and research
- arrange meetings about the topics of organisation
- encourage support from stronger to weaker members
- represent the membership in relation to European and international bodies
- undertake other activities of interest the Association
- maintain an archive of the Association's documentation and publish a newsletter