Archive for April 9th, 2008

Gowers Copyright Consultation: a Joint Declaration

On Monday the SCA submitted a Joint Declaration to the Gowers Copyright Consultation on behalf of four of the seven UK public sector organisations – the British Library, the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), the National Health Service National Institute for Innovation and Learning and the Museums Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) - that sponsor the Strategic Content Alliance.

The Joint Declaration is signed by the Senior and Chief Executives Officers namely Dame Lynne Bindley, Roy Clare CBE, Dr Malcolm Read and Julian Denny in recognition that the issues raised in the Joint Declaration are of national significance.

Read the Joint Declaration in full here:

Gowers Copyright Consultation Joint Declaration

Session report from the International Conference on the EDL project

Earlier this year Chris Batt attended the International Conference on the EDL project in Frankfurt-am-Main and wrote detailed session reports, an excerpt from which was featured in the March 2008 SCA newsletter. Read on for a reminder of his concluding thoughts on the meeting, and to download the full report.

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