During a ceremony yesterday at the European Commission in Brussels, LIBER signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)on Key Principles on the Digitisation and Making Available of Out-of-Commerce Works.
LIBER was represented by Ms Jeannette Frey, Chair of the Digitisation and Resource Discovery Steering Committee, and Mr Wouter Schallier, Executive Director.
The aim of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Key Principles on the Digitisation and Making Available of Out-of-Commerce Works is to facilitate the digitisation and making available by European libraries and similar institutions of books and learned journals in their collections which are out-of-commerce.
The MoU will serve as a blueprint for collective licensing agreements negotiated amongst rightholders, libraries and collecting societies.
Read more Memorandum of Understanding
We
are pleased to announce the Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference,
November 2 - 3, 2011. The conference will be held online, in multiple
time zones over the course of two days, and will be free to attend.
The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San José State University (http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/)
is the founding conference sponsor. SLIS is the largest accredited
library and information science program in the world. With their office
located on the San José State University campus, and through their
online program, they serve students throughout the entire state of
California as well as other states and nations. Dr. Sandy Hirsh, the
director of SLIS, is co-chair of the conference. Dr. Hirsh has been a
faculty member at several academic institutions, as a librarian in
academic and special libraries, and more than a decade in leadership
positions with Silicon Valley's leading global companies such as
Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, and LinkedIn. She is a recognized advocate
for library services, has an extensive record of research in the field,
and has been actively involved in leadership roles with professional
associations. 
