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
British Library, United Kingdom
ben.white [AT] bl.uk
Christian Recht
Austrian Association of Librarians, Austria
christian.recht [AT] onb.ac.at
Harald Bøhn
Norwegian Library Association, Norway
Harald.bohn [AT] ntnu.no
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
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
Jukka Relander
Finnish Library Association
jukka.relander [AT] lektio.fi
Vincent Bonnet
EBLIDA Director
vincent.bonnet [AT] eblida.org
Related Activities
NEWS
EBLIDA Newsletter April 2018
12 April 2018: For European library professionals! The April 2018 Newsletter has been published. It features news and updates from Brussels, Europe, EBLIDA ... and more. Read more >
Open letter calls on EC for better rules on text and data mining
10 April 2018: For future-proof rules on Text and Data Mining (TDM) EBLIDA has signed the open letter sent to the European Commission on behalf of 23 organisations. Read more >
The European Parliament must improve the TDM exception
26 March 2018: Open letter to JURI Committee - 28 organisations asking to improve the TDM exception in the copyright reform. Read more >
Final report of the High Level Expert Group on Fake News and Online Disinformation
13 March 2018: Final report of the EU Commission high-level group of experts ("the HLEG") created to advise on policy initiatives to counter fake news and disinformation spread online now available. Read more >-
EBLIDA Newsletter March 2018
08 March 2018: News about EBLIDA-NAPLE 2018 Keynote Speaker: Prof. Chris Welch, Library Ranking Europe, Copyright Reform, EU Public Consultation on Fake News and Copyright Round Table in Sofia and more. Read more >