EGIL - Expert Group on Information Law
Aims and goals
The mission of the Expert Group on Information Law (EGIL) is to:
- Create awareness on legal issues (with related implications) that affect the provision and circulation of information when libraries and archives are concerned;
- Advise and assist the EBLIDA EC, national library associations and EBLIDA Members in addressing European institutions by making suggestions and drafting reports regarding laws and changes to laws or policies that would improve the legal position of libraries and archives;
- Cooperate and work with other organizations and institutions for these purposes.
Since EGIL activities impact on library policy and planning, EGIL will meet ELSIA and LIBLEG experts regularly in order to bring in-field experience to the work undertaken by the two other groups and, vice versa, to get direction on issues which may have an impact on library legislation, policy and other information laws. The three groups should routinely make their minutes and any relevant papers available to each other so they are aware of decisions taken and of further action to be made.
Members of EGIL
Chair: Valérie Buoissou, France
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Director, Bibliohèque Municipale NîmesEmail: valerie.bouissou at ville-nimes.fr |
Members:
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BulgariaSpaska Tarandova Email: spaska.tarandova at gmail.com |
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DenmarkAndrew Cranfield Email: joahcr at toender.dk |
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FranceGuillaume Hatt Email: guillaume.hatt at culture.gouv.fr |
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GermanyArmin Talke Email: armin.talke at sbb.spk-berlin.de |
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GreeceMaria Botti |
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LatviaJurģis Īvāns |
NorwayOlaus Bergstrøm |
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SpainCiro Llueca |
Documents:
Statements made by EBLIDA at WIPO
Memo on Data Protection Regulation
By Jerker Rydén, Lawyer at the National Library of Sweden
The right to e‐read - An e‐book policy for libraries in Europe
CS | ES | FR | HR | HU | IT | ME | PT | SK
European Libraries and the challenges of e-publishing - An e-book policy for libraries in Europe
BG | CS | DE | EL | ES | ET | FI | FR | HR | IT | ME | NL | PT | SR | SV
EBLIDA Key Principles on the acquisition of and access to E-books by libraries
DE | EL | ES | IT | SV | NL | PT | UK
Related Activities
NEWS
European Parliament Hearing:
22 March 2023: The future of the European book sector Read more >Press Release: Handbook on comparative e-lending policies in Europe
16 March 2023: Published now by the EBLIDA EGIL Group of Experts. (Expert Group on Information Law). Read more >EBLIDA Newsletter March 2023
09 March 2023: Read about Library Legislation and E-Lending Policy in Europe, E-Relevance, RL:EU, A new tool for Partnership Matching for EU-funded Projects, Sustainable Development and Libraries and more... Read more >EBLIDA Newsletter February 2023
15 February 2023: Are you willing to help us, so we can support you best? And information on EBLIDA Conference. Read more >EBLIDA sends condolences to Türkiye and Syria
10 February 2023: Our hearts and minds are with those affected. Read more >