EGIL - Expert Group on Information Law
Position papers and statements issued by the EGIL
See the Regulations for Expert and Working Groups here.
Members of EGIL
| NAME | ASSOCIATION | |
| Harald von Hielmcrone (Chair) | State and University Library |
hvh@statsbiblioteket.dk |
| Kristine Abelsnes | Norwegian Library Association, Norway | mabelsne@online.no |
| Núria Altarriba | Fesabid, Spain | naltarriba@bnc.cat |
| Jennefer Aston | Library Association of Ireland, Ireland | jaston@iol.ie |
| Frode Bakken | Norwegian Library Association, Norway | frode.bakken@hit.no |
| Emilija Banionyte | Vilnius Pedagogical University Library, Lithuania | emilija.banionyte@vpu.lt |
| Michèle Battisti | ADBS, France | michele.battisti@adbs.fr |
| Pekka Heikkinen | National Library of Finland, Finland | pekka.heikkinen@helsinki.fi |
| Aleksandra Horvat | Croatian Library Association | aleksandra.horvat@zg.htnet.hr |
| Rosa Maiello | Associazione Italiana Biblioteche | maiello@aib.it |
| Wilma Mossink | Stichting SURF, The Netherlands | mossink@surf.nl |
| Harald Mueller | BID (Federal Union of German Library and Information Associations), Germany | hmueller@mpil.de |
| Kjell Nilsson | National Library of Sweden | kjellgstnilsson@gmail.com |
| Christian Recht | Austrian Association of Librarians, Austria | christian.recht@onb.ac.at |
| Jorge Resende | Fundacão Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal | jresende@gulbenkian.pt |
| Jerker Ryden | Royal Library, Sweden | jerker.ryden@kb.se |
| Barbara Stratton | CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, United Kingdom | barbara.stratton1[at]gmail.com |
| Barbara Szczepanska | Polish Librarians Association, Poland | barbara.szczepanska@lovells.com |
| Ben White | British Library, UK | ben.white@bl.uk |
| Vincent Bonnet |
Director EBLIDA | director@eblida.org |
For queries about becoming a member of EGIL, please contact the Chair of the Group.
Specific Activities of EGIL
The European Commission's High Level Group on Digital Libraries - Model Licences and the Orphan Works guidelines
EBLIDA is represented on the Copyright Sub-Group of the European Commission's High Level Group on Digital Libraries which was set-up in 2006.
The Sub-Group developed a "Model Agreement for a Licence on Digitisation of Out-of-Print Works and a Model Agreement for a Licence on Digitisation of Out-of-Print Works with Option for Online Accessibility
The Memorandum of Understanding on Diligent Search Guidelines for Orphan Workswas signed on 4 June 2008 by representatives of right holders and cultural institutions.