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
Press Release:EBLIDA Statement on the OMC Working Group
25 July 2023: EBLIDA welcomes the inclusion of a Library priority Action within the European Council Work Plan for Culture 2023-2026. Read more >EBLIDA Newsletter July/August 2023
13 July 2023: This double issue - packed with valuable information and updates, diverse range of articles and events that will keep you informed and inspired. Read more >EBLIDA Newsletter June 2023
08 June 2023: This Newsletter is focused on Resourcing Libraries in the European Union (RL:EU). Read more >EBLIDA Annual Report 2022-2023
17 May 2023: Now available! Read more >EBLIDA Newsletter May 2023
11 May 2023: Curious about the new phase in the evolution of library thinking? Read about it in our May issue! Read more >