URBS, formed under the patronage of the International Union of Institutes of Archaeology, History and Art History in Rome, is a cultural association of institutes of academic or research character in the humanities.
The goals and objectives of URBS are to coordinate and promote the online information network and activities of the member libraries, to promote all forms of collaboration appropiate for the development and exploitation of the network, to collaborate with other institutions and to partecipate in initiatives with analogous goals.