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.
Council of Europe EBLIDA Guidelines on Library Legislation and Policy in Europe
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
| To be announced |
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 April 2020 Newsletter: Special issue the EBLIDA Checklist in the face of the Covid-19 crisis
03 April 2020: What is essential and non-essential in a library service? What must, should or could be put in place when libraries are locked down? Read more >
An EBLIDA Executive Committee (EC) extraordinary online meeting
31 March 2020: Online discussion on the critical situation libraries facing during the current Covid-19 outbreak. Read more >-
EBLIDA Newsletter March 2020
12 March 2020: Update on the EBLIDA 2020 Conference Belgrade, information on Culture in the European Structural and Investment Funds, Exploration of UN SDGs and more ... Read more > -
EBLIDA Newsletter February 2020
13 February 2020: Read about the most important Italian Library Conference, about EBLIDA's Europe-wide surveys and exploration of UN SDGs. Read more > 
NewsGuard Forms Board of Advisors for its News Literacy Programs
23 January 2020: NewsGuard has assembled a board of advisors for its News Literacy Program, which includes partnerships with nearly 700 public libraries around the globe. Read more >