Cibera
was launched in 2003 as a joint project among the Ibero-American Institute (Berlin), the German Institute for Global and Area Studies - Institute of Latin American Studies (Hamburg) and the Bremen State and University Library. During the second phase of the project in 2005 the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster started to participate as well.
Since 2004 the Carl von Ossietzky State and University Library Hamburg has been completing the cibera project with components on Spain and Portugal as well as elements of electronic communication.