News 2012

The report of the EU's High Level Group of experts on Literacy
17 September 2012The final report of the HLG on Literacy has been published. Read more >

Copyright and innovation in the Creative Industries
14 September 2012At 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
14 September 2012Intellectual 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 2012Page 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 2012Page 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 >