[A2k] [Fwd: Fwd: [ipr] Europe's heritage on-line * towards a European Digital Library]

[Michelle Childs]

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
--

--

Michelle Childs, Head of European Affairs.
 michelle.childs@cptech.org. www.cptech.org
Consumer Project on Technology in London, 24 Highbury Crescent, London,
N5 1RX, UK. Tel:+44(0)207 226 6663 ex 252. Mob:+44(0)790 386 4642. Fax:
+44(0)207 354 0607

Consumer Project on Technology in Geneva, 1 Route des  Morillons, CP
2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland. Tel: +41 22 791 6727

Consumer Project on Technology in Washington, DC PO Box 19367,
Washington, DC 20036, USA Tel.:  +1.202.387.8030, fax: +1.202.234.5176


--
Delivered-To: Michelle.childs@CPTECH.ORG
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:29:41 +0200
From: "Denise Nicholson" <Nicholson.D@Library.wits.ac.za>
To: "Denise Nicholson" <Nicholson.D@Library.wits.ac.za>
Subject: =3D?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fwd:=3D20[ipr]=3D20Europe's=3D20heritage=3D20on-l=
ine=3D20*?=3D
    =3D?ISO-8859-1?Q?=3D20towards=3D20=3D20a=3D20European=3D20Digital=3D20L=
ibrary?=3D

This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you may want to
consider changing to a mail reader or gateway that understands how to
properly handle MIME multipart messages.
--
For interest,
Regards,
Denise
--
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:19:13 +0100
From: Jerzy Celichowski <celichow@osi.hu>
User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051201)
To: ipr list <ipr@mailhost.soros.org>
Subject: [ipr] =3D?windows-1252?Q?Europe=3D92s_heritage_on-line_=3D96_towar=
ds?=3D
    =3D?windows-1252?Q?_a_European_Digital_Library?=3D
Sender: owner-ipr@mailhost.soros.org
Precedence: bulk

Europe=92s heritage on-line =96 towards a European Digital Library
eGovernment News =96 20 March 2006 =96 EU Institutions =96 Pan-European ser=
vices

The internet and digital technology have revolutionised the way we
access and use information. The full potential of this =91digital
revolution=92 is still far from being realised however. The European
Commission has recently given a new push to efforts to dramatically
increase access to Europe=92s cultural heritage on-line via the =91European
Digital Library=92.

The European Commission=92s plan to promote digital access to Europe=92s
heritage was given a new push this month with the publication of the
results of its on-line consultation on the =91Digital libraries=92
initiative, and the announcement of targets for the next five years.
Some 6 million books, documents and other cultural works are expected to
be available on-line by 2010.

The internet consultation revealed widespread support for the
initiative, though with some concerns over copyright issues from
publishers and rights holders. It has helped to further define the
practical details of the planned European Digital Library, which will
build on the existing TEL (The European Library) infrastructure to
create a high-profile, multilingual, single access point to the vast
resources of Europe=92s national libraries, museums and archives.

In order to boost European digitisation efforts, the Commission will
co-fund the creation of a Europe-wide network of digitisation centres.
The institution will also address, in a series of policy documents, the
issue of the appropriate framework for intellectual property rights
protection in the context of digital libraries.

=A9 European Communities 2006
Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged.
The views expressed are not an official position of the European Commission=
.
Disclaimer

http://europa.eu.int/idabc/en/document/5416/194
--