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News 2012


The report of the EU's High Level Group of experts on Literacy

The report of the EU's High Level Group of experts on Literacy

17 September 2012
The final report of the HLG on Literacy has been published. Read more >
Copyright and innovation in the Creative Industries

Copyright and innovation in the Creative Industries

14 September 2012
At the 2012 Intellectual Property and Innovation Summit (The Lisbon Council Brussels, 10 September 2012), Nelly Kroes "[...] talk[ed] about why, in a changing digital age, copyright reform is the right way to support that sector". Read more >
Orphan Works Directive Update

Orphan Works Directive Update

14 September 2012
Intellectual Property Watch announced that the European Parliament passes Orphan Works Directive with 531 in favour versus 65 opposed (11 abstentions). Read more >

EBLIDA newsletter October published

04 September 2012
Page 1: Presidential Editorial; Page 2&3:News round-up; Page 3:Activities; Page 4:Inpiring Ideas for libraries: Helsinki's Urban Office; Page 5: Who's Who: BID Germany; Page 6&7: Calendar events and dates. Read more >

EBLIDA newsletter September published

04 September 2012
Page 2: News round-up: European Union, EBLIDA and Europe; Proposed directive on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online uses in the internal market; IFLA—The Future of Information and Library Associations; Page 3: News round-up: EBLIDA feedback from IFLA WLIC,11-17 August 2012; EBLIDA office receives a visit from the Luxembourgish Librarians’; Archivists’ and Documentalists’s Association (ALBAD) Page 4: EBLIDA Activities: EBLIDA E-books Campaign at IFLA WLIC; EGCIS meeting in Helsinki; EBLIDA partner of next Library. Page 5: EBLIDA Who’s Who: The Finnish Research Library Association. Page 6&7: Events and Dates Read more >