- 1. Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)8 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on Big Data for culture, literacy and democracy
- (Recommendations)
- ... information literacy in society so that all individuals are made aware of the processing of cultural Big Data and can thus make informed choices and decisions regarding algorithmic decision making, which ...
- Created on 29 September 2017
- 2. New FAIFE videos explore the emerging Internet surveillance environment
- (Newsflash)
- ... Media Initiative (IMMI) which advocates for a unique legislative approach to improve state of freedom of information. In the second video Ville Oksanen (Electronic Frontier Finland) is interviewed about ...
- Created on 12 February 2014
- 3. SAVE THE NATIONAL PEDAGOGICAL LIBRARY “I.C. PETRESCU” !
- (Call for)
- ... of the Education Law issued on December 23, 2013 and entered into force on December 30, 2013, the Government of Romania abusively decided, without gathering information about the real situation, that the ...
- Created on 14 January 2014
- 4. Commission launches pilot to open up publicly funded research data
- (EU Agendas)
- Valuable information produced by researchers in many EU-funded projects will be shared freely as a result of a Pilot on Open Research Data in Horizon 2020. Researchers in projects participating in the ...
- Created on 17 December 2013
- 5. Open Access to science and data = cash and economic bonanza
- (Newsflash)
- ... the greatest tool for sharing information ever invented. The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, 10 years ago, recognised just that. I quote: "The Internet has ...
- Created on 20 November 2013
- 6. Say NO to the closure of Greek Public Libraries
- (SOS)
- ... race or beliefs. The Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists (EEBEP) invites you, the citizens of Greece, Europe and the world, to sign this petition in order to help us highlight ...
- Created on 22 July 2013
- 7. Dynamic Action Plan for the EU co-ordination of digitisation of cultural and scientific content
- (EU Actions Plans)
- ... quality and trust by all users of the Information Society are essential requirements for the delivery of digital cultural information and services. In an increasingly broadband-enabled society, relevant ...
- Created on 12 July 2013
- 8. Vienna Declaration
- (Policies and advocacy)
- ... further call on the European Commission to establish a European Knowledge Centre for public libraries that will provide coordinated, current and reliable information on the public library services in all ...
- Created on 09 July 2013
- 9. IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto 1994
- (Policies and advocacy)
- ... culture and information. The public library, the local gateway to knowledge, provides a basic condition for lifelong learning, independent decision- making and cultural development of the individual ...
- Created on 09 July 2013
- 10. Reviews
- (Newsflash)
- ... takes a variety of information and turns it into a mashup, presenting the often-disparate information into a single, cohesive user experience. John Voss presented the example of a musical mashup, taking ...
- Created on 22 May 2013
- 11. Cross-European survey to measure users’ perceptions of the benefits of ICT in public libraries - Final Report
- (Documents)
- Public libraries across the European Union (EU) have long played an important role in communities by providing free access to information, guidance from trained librarians, and public meeting space. As ...
- Created on 15 May 2013
- 12. The Accelerating Science Award Program
- (Rewarding OA)
- ... The program illuminates how the unrestricted exchange of information can advance science and medicine, and benefit society. The ASAP Program also aspires to encourage a new generation of individuals to ...
- Created on 14 May 2013
- 13. EIFL wins WSIS 2013 Project Prize for excellence
- (Newsflash)
- EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) was awarded a WSIS Project Prize for excellence in implementation of World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) outcomes to achieve an inclusive and development-oriented ...
- Created on 14 May 2013
- 14. European Commission Creates a Working Group to Define Common Metadata
- (Newsflash)
- ... portal to participate in a Working Group that will define a common model for exchanging information about data sets between data portals in Europe. [SOURCE] There are a growing number of governmental ...
- Created on 28 March 2013
- 15. The NEW ASIS&T Digital Library
- (Newsflash)
- The ASIS&T Digital Library consists of regularly published journals and annual publications from The American Society for Information Science and Technology, an association of information professionals ...
- Created on 18 November 2010