[Ecommerce] Fwd: EU digital libraries

[Manon Ress]

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From: "Cornelia Kutterer" <cornelia.kutterer@beuc.org>
Date: October 3, 2005 5:58:24 AM EDT
Subject: FW: digital libraries
FYI

Brief News:

The move follows an initiative by France to create a European-led
alternative to Google's project of scanning in books from libraries
across the continent. The Commission is known to look favourably on
the French initiative but would like to gather more input from
stakeholders before adopting it for the EU. It has therefore launched
an online consultation, the result of which will be presented in a
recommendation to be published in June 2006, in parallel with a
review of European copyright law.

As a first step to making European content available online, the
Commission encourages member states to digitise the content of
existing libraries. The Lund action plan, adopted in April 2001,
already provides some guidance on this issue. The Commission also
plans to set up an advisory body - a so-called high level group - on
digital libraries.

Digital libraries have been declared one of the flagship initiatives
under the i2010 programme. Under the sixth research framework (FP6),
36 million euro have already been put aside for research into
digitisation. The Commission plans to allocate even more money under
FP7. Additional funding will come from DG Infosociety's econtentplus
programme .

Official Documents

Commission: Communication 'i2010: Digital Libraries' (30 September
2005) [FR] [DE]
Commission: Staff Working Document 'Digital Libraries' (30 September
2005)
Commission: Online consultation 'Digital Libraries' (Deadline: 20
January 2006) [FR]
DG Information Society: i2010 Digital Libraries
Commission (Press release): Commission unveils plans for European
digital libraries (30 September 2005) [FR] [DE]
Commission: European digital libraries : Frequently Asked Questions
(30 September 2005)
DG Information Society: eContentplus Portal
DG Culture: European Culture Portal [FR] [DE]
Cordis / Information Society Technologies: eEurope digitisation - The
Lund Principles and the Lund Action Plan
Cordis / Information Society Technologies: The Lund Principles (4
April 2001) [FR] [DE]
Cordis / Information Society Technologies: Action Plan on
coordination of digitisation programmes and Policies (4 April 2001)
[FR] [DE] Revised version (December 2002)


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