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Council conclusions of 20 November 2008 on the European digital library EUROPEANA
Council conclusions of 20 November 2008 on the European digital library EUROPEANA
Council conclusions of 20 November 2008 on the European digital library EUROPEANA
OJ C 319, 13.12.2008, pagg. 18–19
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
13.12.2008 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 319/18 |
Council conclusions of 20 November 2008 on the European digital library EUROPEANA
(2008/C 319/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
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the creation of the European digital library EUROPEANA, which is an online common multilingual access point to digital cultural material from the whole of Europe (books, newspapers, photographs, films and audiovisual works, documents from archives, museum works, architectural and archaeological heritage, etc.) provides an excellent opportunity to showcase the cultural heritage of the Member States and to provide access for everyone to that heritage, |
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more generally, digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material of the Member States and digital preservation are essential to highlight that cultural heritage, to inspire the creation of content and to encourage new online services to emerge; they help to democratise access to culture and knowledge and to develop the information society and the knowledge-based economy, |
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UNDERLINES:
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WELCOMES with interest:
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NOTES with satisfaction:
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BELIEVES that the success and sustainability of EUROPEANA and, more generally, the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material, and digital preservation processes under way in the Member States will require:
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INVITES THE MEMBER STATES to:
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INVITES THE COMMISSION to:
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INVITES THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION, within their respective competences, to:
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INVITES THE ‘EUROPEAN DIGITAL LIBRARY’ FOUNDATION to:
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(1) OJ L 236, 31.8.2006, p. 28.
(2) OJ C 297, 7.12.2006, p. 1.
(3) 2006/2040 (INI).
(4) Doc. 12580/08.
(5) Commission Decision of 22 March 2007 (OJ L 119, 9.5.2007, p. 45).
(6) Commission Decision of 27 February 2006 (OJ L 46, 16.2.2006, p. 32).
(7) Studies on progress in the digitisation of culture within the European Union, on the socio-economic impact of long-term preservation of digital resources, and on the socio-economic impact of public domain resources.