News from CLM

IFLA and CILIP Discuss the Challenges of eBooks in Libraries - Presentations now available

On the 21st of February 2013 the IFLA Management of Library Associations (MLAS) Committee and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) invited participants to attend a seminar on Ebooks and the challenges faced by libraries titled ‘eBooks in Libraries – A Global Question of Survival?’.

Continued… | 19 Marzo 2013 | United Kingdom, Ebooks, MLAS, CILIP

UNESCO releases Vancouver Declaration on Digitization and Preservation

UNESCO organized an international conference The Memory of the World in the Digital age: Digitization and Preservation, in September 2012 in Vancouver, Canada.

Continued… | 17 Enero 2013 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, UNESCO, Vancouver Declaration

IFLA Hosts Expert Meeting on e-Lending in Libraries

IFLA hosted an expert meeting on the subject of e-Lending in libraries.

Continued… | 19 Diciembre 2012 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), elending

IFLA welcomes European Commission’s Decision to review the EU rules on copyright

EU commissioners met in Brussels on December 5th to discuss possible changes to EU copyright law. IFLA is pleased to note that they agreed to revisit the existing European Union copyright rules and that Commissioners Barnier, Kroes and Vassiliou will now undertake a comprehensive period of stakeholder dialogue during 2013 in order to make a final assessment of any changes needed to European legislation in 2014. IFLA looks forward to engaging in the process.

Continued… | 10 Diciembre 2012 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Copyright for Creativity, EU