EBLIDA Position Papers and Statements

General Positions Papers

 

• A Library Manifesto for Europe
  Coordinated by IFLA. Partners: EBLIDA, PL 2030, LIBER and SPARC Europe (20 March 2019).

 

• 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

 

• Council of Europe EBLIDA Guidelines on Library Legislation and Policy in Europe

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• Statement by EBLIDA on Orphan Works, retracted and withdrawn works and out of commerce works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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