On Wednesday, May 29th, 15:00-16:00 CET, we are hosting an online COMMUNIA Salon to take stock of the state of e-lending in Europe and discuss solutions.
Libraries have long played a crucial role in ensuring broad public access to knowledge and culture. Today, digital access to reliable information is more important than ever. And yet libraries can’t lend out digital books under the same conditions as physical books. What are the specific legal barriers that prevent libraries from fulfilling their public service mission in the digital environment? How do we overcome these obstacles?
A forthcoming COMMUNIA policy paper shed light on these questions. We will discuss the insight from this publications before we take questions from the audience during a Q&A session.
The salon is open to anyone upon registration. Please register using this Google Form and we will send you a Zoom link for the event.
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Due to the lack of a clear legal framework for e-lending at both the EU and member state level, libraries are struggling to fulfil their public service mission in the digital environment. We are hosting the first COMMUNIA Salon of this year, online on Wednesday, May 29, 15:00-16:00 CET, on the occasion of the publication […]
