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. 

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Guidelines for EGIL

Statements made by EBLIDA at WIPO

Memo on Data Protection Regulation
By Jerker Rydén, Lawyer at the National Library of Sweden

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Members of EGIL

Chair

Barbara Stratton United Kingdom Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance (LACA) barbara.stratton1 [AT] googlemail.com

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

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

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