CC BY 4.0Wijnstroom, Margreet2025-07-222025-07-221980-10-10https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/4247Background paper prepared for UNESCO on IFLA's Universal Availability of Publications (UAP) Programme. UAP's objective was to achieve "the widest possible availability of published material (that is, recorded knowledge issued for public use) to intending users, wherever and whenever they need it, as an essential element in economic, social educational and personal development."enhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Access to informationAccess to knowledgeLibrary and information historyReportsInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)