Newsletter

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Useful Information

European Commission and other European Union institutions

i2010 Digital libraries
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/ind...

Cultural heritage

Main page
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/cul...

Communication on i2010 Digital Libraries
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52005DC0229:...

Recommendation on digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/doc...

Council Conclusions on digitization and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/doc...

European Parliament resolution on i2010 Digital libraries
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/doc...

Scientifc and scholarly information

Main page
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/sci...

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee on scientific information in the digital age: access, dissemination and preservation
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do

Digital preservation

Member States Expert Group
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/exp...

Report from Copyright subgroup to the High Level Expert Group, chapters 2 and 3

Orphan Works

Report from Copyright subgroup to the High Level Expert Group, chapters 5 and 9

Guidelines for Diligent Search for rightholders to Orphan Works
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/doc...

Memorandum of Understanding on diligent search guidelines for Orphan works

Criteria for Orphan Works Databases

Criteria for Orphan Works Rights Clearance Centers

Out-of-Print works

Definition of out-of-print works Chapter 6.1 in Report from Copyright subgroup to High Level Expert Group

Report from Copyright subgroup to High Level Expert Group, chapters 6 and 9

Model Licensing Agreement for the digitisation and making available of out-of-print works in secure networks to authorised users

Model Licensing Agreement for the making available of out-of-print books in copyright by libraries over open networks

Criteria for Out-of-Print works Databases

Criteria for Out-of-Print works Rights Clearance Centers

News

Google announced on Wednesday 11 March 2010 that they will digitise ancient public domain Italian literary texts
A report aproved unanimously by the Culture Committee of the European Parliament on Europeana includes references to ARROW project.
The final report of the EC i2010 Digital Libraries High Expert Group has been published recently on the EC Information Society's Thematic Portal
During the first semester of 2010, the ARROW consortium will deliver the first phase of the project pilot.
Both initiatives would presumably feed into Europeana.
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