Expert group on Information Law (EGIL)

Aims and goals

The mission of the Expert Group on Information Law (EGIL) is to:

• Maintain a good awareness of legal issues that affect the provision and circulation of information, especially where libraries and archives are concerned;
• Address the European institutions by making suggestions regarding laws, or changes to laws that would improve the legal position of libraries and archives; 
• Cooperate and work with other organizations and institutions for these purposes. 

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Guidelines for EGIL

Statements made by EBLIDA at WIPO

Memo on Data Protection Regulation
By Jerker Rydén, Lawyer at the National Library of Sweden

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Members of EGIL

Chair

Barbara Stratton United Kingdom Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance (LACA)

Members

Aleksandra Horvat
Croatian Library Association, Croatia
ahorvat [AT] ffzg.hr

Annemarie Beunen
National Library, Netherlands
annemarie.beunen [AT] kb.nl

Barbara Szczepanska
Polish Librarians Association, Poland
barbara.szczepanska [AT] hoganlovells.com

Ben White
British Library, United Kingdom
ben.white [AT] bl.uk

Christian Recht
Austrian Association of Librarians, Austria
christian.recht [AT] onb.ac.at

Harald Mueller
BID - Federal Union of German Library and Information Associations, Germany
hmueller.mpil [AT] gmx.de

Joris Deene
Bibnet, Belgium
joris [AT] deene.be

Karin Grönvall
Swedish Library Association, Sweden
karin.gronvall [AT] slu.se

Kristine Abelsnes
Norwegian Library Association, Norway
mabelsne [AT] online.no

Oliver Hinte
Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln, Officer for Legal Affairs
ohinte [AT] uni-koeln.de

Rosa Maiello
Associazione Italiana Biblioteche, Italy
maiello [AT] aib.it

Uldis Zarins
National Library of Latvia, Latvia
uldis.zarins [AT] lnb.lv

Zdeněk Matušík
SKIP, Czech Republic
zdenek.matusik [AT] nkp.cz

Ex officio

Jukka Relander
Finnish Library Association
jukka.relander [AT] lektio.fi

Vincent Bonnet
EBLIDA Director
vincent.bonnet [AT] eblida.org

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