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
Annemarie Beunen
National Library, Netherlands
annemarie.beunen [AT] kb.nl
Barbara Szczepanska
Polish Librarians Association, Poland
barbara.szczepanska [AT] hoganlovells.com
Ben White
CIPPM: Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management, University of Bournemouth, United Kingdom
copyrighteu [AT] gmail.com
Christian Recht
Austrian Association of Librarians, Austria
christian.recht [AT] onb.ac.at
Emilie Terrier
Biblidroit project, Institut des sciences sociales du politique (CNRS/ENS Paris-Saclay), France
terrieremilie [AT] gmail.com
Harald Bøhn
Norway
harald.bohn [AT] gmail.com
Harald Mueller
BID - Federal Union of German Library and Information Associations, Germany
hmueller.mpil [AT] gmx.de
Jean-Marie Reding
Luxembourgish librarians', archivists' and documentalists' association - ALBAD
jean-marie.reding [AT] bnl.etat.lu
Joris Deene
Bibnet, Belgium
joris [AT] deene.be
Karin Grönvall
Swedish Library Association, Sweden
karin.gronvall [AT] slu.se
Oliver Hinte
TH Köln, Lecturer
o_hinte [AT] yahoo.de
Pekka Heikkinen
National Library of Finland
pekka.heikkinen [AT] helsinki.fi
Rosa Maiello
Associazione Italiana Biblioteche, Italy
maiello [AT] aib.it
Zdeněk Matušík
SKIP, Czech Republic
zdenek.matusik [AT] nkp.cz
Ex officio
Giuseppe Vitiello
EBLIDA Director
g.vitiello [AT] eblida.org
Related Activities
NEWS
EBLIDA Newsletter November 2019
14 November 2019: Find out about the EBLIDA SDG European House and how EU SDGs are relevant for libraries! Read more >-
EBLIDA Newsletter October 2019
10 October 2019: We are Committed to sustainable development and Libraries can play a significant role in advancing it. Read more > -
EBLIDA Newsletter September 2019
12 September 2019: Why Sustainable Development Goals are important for libraries and libraries are important for the European 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. Read more > 
AfLIA & EBLIDA - Memorandum of agreement
27 August 2019: AfLIA (African Library and Information Associations and Institutions) and EBLIDA signed a Memorandum of Agreement on 26th of August 2019 at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Athens, Greece. Read more >
Interview with Ambassador Stefano Stefanile
12 July 2019: Ambassador Stefano Stefanile is currently Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations in New York. Among his previous positions, he had served at the Italian Mission to the UN from 2009 to 2013. Read more >