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.
Statements made by EBLIDA at WIPO
Memo on Data Protection Regulation
By Jerker Rydén, Lawyer at the National Library of Sweden
Members of EGIL
Chair
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Barbara Stratton
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Members
Ariadna Matas Casadevall
Fesabid, Spain
adriana.matas [AT] ifla.org
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
Jerker Ryden
Royal Library, Sweden
jerker.ryden [AT] kb.se
Joris Deene
Bibnet, Belgium
joris [AT] deene.be
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
Related Activities
NEWS
EBLIDA Newsletter June 2017
08 June 2017: Read the current EBLIDA Newsletter with library & information society news from Europe, EBLIDA and beyond. Read more >
EBLIDA Annual Report 2016-2017
16 May 2017: Now available the EBLIDA Annual Report 2016-2017. Read more >
EU Compromise on Marrakesh Treaty Directive Comes with a Sting in the Tail
15 May 2017: National legislation will need to avoid introducing unnecessary 'compensation' provisions which will only harm the institutions, such as libraries. Read more >-
EBLIDA Newsletter May 2017
11 May 2017: The May Newsletter, complete with the 25th EBLIDA Conference summary, now published! Read more > 
Take down the digital barriers!
04 May 2017: Enable Libraries to provide Smart Access to Culture, Information and Knowledge! We call upon the local, the regional and the national governments of Europe to ... Read more >