About

Libraries Without Borders (LWB) is one of the leading international organizations working in culture- and knowledge-based development around the world.

Understanding that access to knowledge is a key factor in social and economic development, LWB supports local initiatives in more than 20 countries by creating libraries, training librarians, distributing books, supporting local publishing, designing library networks, promoting cultural heritage, and reducing the digital divide. By expanding access to information and facilitating the growth in countries across the world, LWB aims to provide the knowledge that is the engine of human development.

Libraries Without Borders / Bibliothèques Sans Frontières is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit international organization. LWB is headquartered in Paris and has staff stationed across France, the United States, Belgium, and Haiti.

For more information about Libraries Without Borders, check out Our Values, Our Fields of Action, Our Board, and read A Word from our Chairman.

If you would like to propose a project for Libraries Without Borders, please fill out our Request Form. Thank you!