EBLIDA Position Papers and Statements

General Positions Papers

• Europe needs its libraries - Heritage and Knowledge for a stronger EU - Sofia Declaration from 26 February 2018

   Bulgarian version.

 

• Take down the digital barriers! - Enable Libraries to provide Smart Access to Culture, Information and Knowledge!
  Aarhus Declaration
  EBLIDA Council & Conference 3 & 4 May 2017, Aarhus, Denmark
  SL 1 & SL2 |

 

• The right to e‐read - An e‐book policy for libraries in Europe
  CS | ES | FR | HR | HU | IT | ME | PT | SK

 

• European Libraries and the challenges of e-publishing - An e-book policy for libraries in Europe
  BG |  CS | DE | EL | ES | ET | FI | FR | HR | IT | ME | NL | PT | SR | SV

 

• EBLIDA Key Principles on the acquisition of and access to E-books by libraries
  DE | EL | ES | IT | SV | NL | PT | UK

 

• EBLIDA and IFLA urge MEPs to reject ACTA

 

• EBLIDA submission to the European Commission Consultation: "Europeana: next steps"

 

• EBLIDA submission to the European Commission Consultation: "Content Online"

 

• Library policy for Europe - "Vienna Declaration"
  CS | DA | DE | EL | ES | FI | FR | HU | IT | LB | LT | NL | PT | SK | SR

Statements made by EBLIDA at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Matters (SCCR):

WIPO SCCR 33 (14 to 18 November 2016)

• Statement by EBLIDA on Limitation on Liabilities
• Statement by EBLIDA on Technological Measures of Protection
• Statement by EBLIDA on Contracts

WIPO SCCR 32 (9 to 13 May 2016)

• Statement by EBLIDA on Orphan Works, retracted and withdrawn works and out of commerce works
• Statement by EBLIDA on Cross-border uses (The demand for access to knowledge is not confined to national borders)

WIPO SCCR 31 (7 to 11 December 2015)

• Statement by EBLIDA on Reproduction and Safeguarding
• Statement by EBLIDA on eLending

WIPO General Assemblies 55 (05 to 14 October 2015)

• Intervention by EBLIDA

WIPO SCCR 30 (29 June to 3 July 2015)

• Statement by EBLIDA on preservation

Culture and Information Society

 

• EBLIDA briefing on the e-lending judgement of the CJEU
  Case C-174/15 - CJEU ruling of 10 November 2016
  Vereniging Openbare Bibliotheken (VOB) v Stichting Leenrecht
  EBLIDA Briefing Note, January 2017

 

• Don’t Go Back on the Deal
  [Joint Statement] IFLA, EIFL and EBLIDA call on EU Member States to Deliver on Marrakesh Treaty Ratification

 

• Libraries and literacy - An EBLIDA statement

 

• EBLIDA comments on EU support programme "Creative Europe 2014-2020"

 

• EBLIDA (EGCIS) Position Paper: Libraries – cultural peaks for information and inspiration
  BG | CS | DA | DE | ES | HR | HU | IT | NL | PT |

 

• EBLIDA response to the EU High Level Group on Literacy

 

• Consultation on a future European Union Culture Programme - EBLIDA's responses to the online questionnaire

 

• EBLIDA response to the European Commission's Green Paper: Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries

Information Law

 

• A joint call for a Library Manifesto for Europe

 

• A joint call for Copyright reform - towards improving copyright reform for libraries and Cultural Heritage Institutions

 

• Library and Cultural Heritage Institution Responses to the Commission Proposal on Copyright in the Digital Single Market

 

• EBLIDA and IFLA comment on the European Commission’s Communication on modernising EU copyright rules

 

• EBLIDA joins coalition to demand better regulation principles in EU copyright review process

 

• Licence Paralysis – Protect Copyright
  (EIFL has joined with international and European library organizations – IFLA, LIBER and EBLIDA – to call on governments worldwide to protect library limitations and exceptions in copyright law.)

 

• New Policy from Elsevier impedes Open Access and Sharing
  (EBLIDA's President signed the Statement against Elsevier's new sharing policy that impedes Open Access and sharing)

 

• E-Lending and copyright: EBLIDA position

 

• The Right to E-read
  (successor to the EBLIDA paper E-publishing and the challenges for libraries)

 

• EBLIDA response to the IPO’s Call for Views on Copyright in Europe

 

• "Licences for Europe - A Stakeholder Dialogue" text and data mining for scientific research purposes working group

 

• E-publishing and the challenges for libraries
  (Background information paper)

 

• EBLIDA response to the European Commission's Green Paper on the online distribution of audiovisual works in the European Union: opportunities and challenges towards a digital single market

 

• Memorandum of Understanding - Key Principles on the Digitisation and Making Available of Out-of-Commerce Works

 

• EBLIDA, LIBER and ENCES Statement on the European Commission Proposal for a Draft Directive on Orphan Works

 

• EBLIDA position statement for the European Commission’s Google Book US Settlement Agreement information hearing, Brussels

 

• EBLIDA verbal intervention at the European Commission’s Google Book US Settlement Agreement information hearing

 

• EBLIDA verbal statement on Orphan Works presented at the EC hearing

 

• Orphan Works – Issues and Solutions: Proposal for discussion at the Comité des Sâges’ public hearing

 

• Licensing Digital Resources: How to avoid the legal pit falls

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