News Archive

- Now Online: “Europeana”, Europe’s Digital Library

- Jetzt online: “Europeana”, die digitale Bibliothek Europas

- La bibliothèque numérique européenne “Europeana” est maintenant en ligne

European Economic and Social Committee: Promoting broad public access to the European digital library
(Own-initiative opinion)

Comité economique et social européen: " Favoriser un large accès à la bibliothèque numérique européenne pour tous les publics"
(Avis d'initiative)

Europäischer Wirtschafts- und Sozialausschuss: "Förderung eines breiten Zugangs zur Europäischen Digitalen Bibliothek für alle Bürger"
(Initiativstellungnahme)

High Level group on Digital Libraries: Position Paper on Digital Research Data Access and Preservation

Launch of Europeana maquette: (English) (Deutsch) (17.02.08)

Public Private Partnerships: draft report of the HLEG Sub-group on Public Private Partnerships (17.02.08)

Press releases European Digital Library Foundation (18.12.07)

[a] CENL press release (English)
[b] CENL press release (deutsch)

[c] EDL press release (English)
[d] EDL press release (français)
[e] EDL press release (deutsch)

Science Assets of the Digital Age at Risk (18.12.07)

- i2010 Digital Libraries, High Level Expert Group – Copyright Subgroup: Report on Digital Preservation, Orphan Works, and Out-of-Print Works. Selected Implementation Issues (30.5.2007)

- Annex: Model agreement for a licence on digitisation of out of print works (30.05.07)

- European Digital Library kicks off (30.05.07)

- Start der Europäischen Digitalen Bibliothek: EDLnet (30.05.07)

- CENL press release (16.5.2007): Learning from the New Member States

- CENL press release (22.3.2007): Contributing to the European Digital Library

- CENL Pressemitteilung (22.3.2007): Ein weiterer Schritt auf dem Weg zur europäischen digitalen Bibliothek

- The European Library press release (20.3.2007): Improving Library Services: Outcomes of EDL project Knowledge Sharing Workshop

- European Digital Library (EDL) project press release (Dec 2006): Workshop delivers more pieces for the European digital library jigsaw

The INASP (the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications) has asked The European Library Office to make its partners aware of the 2007 Access to Learning Award, an award given by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It recognises excellence in providing access to information through computers, at no cost to the user. The recipient will receive an award of up to US $1 million. It must be stressed that this is an award for work already completed or in progress, it is not a grant.

Full information (including brochures in various languages, and application form) is also available on the INASP website at http://www.inasp.info/ldp/awards.

The deadline for application for the 2007 award is 31 December 2006.

Press release TEL-ME-MOR project: 'Research and Development and the European national libraries'

Call for Proposals / eContentPlus programme: An Information Day is being held in Luxembourg on Wednesday 28 June for this second call for proposals of eContentplus.

Subject to the completion of all the necessary procedures, it is intended to launch the call in July 2006. The provisional deadline for receipt of proposals will be 19 October 2006.

The details about the Information Day together with the draft Work Programme 2006 and call for proposals can be found at http://europa.eu.int/econtentplus.

European Commission steps up efforts to put Europe’s memory on the Web via a “European Digital Library”
(Press release 2 March 2006)
English
German

Conference of European National Librarians welcomes European Commission’s efforts to support the creation of a “European Digital Library”
(Press release 2 March 2006)
English
German

The Spanish National Library initiates technological change to automate all its services (press release)