![]() ![]() whereas, apart from its intrinsic cultural qualities, digitisation of the European cultural heritage will also benefit other sectors, particularly education, science, research, tourism and the media, whereas coherent policies on digitisation and preservation of digital works must be put in place to prevent the irrecoverable loss of cultural content whilst ensuring strict respect for copyright and related rights, whereas the European cultural heritage reflects the diversity of Europe and therefore access to it must be multilingual, whereas large-scale digitisation and on-line access to the European cultural heritage is one of the main ways of achieving this goal, whereas in this digital environment it is essential to guarantee access for all to the European cultural heritage and to ensure that that heritage is preserved for the generations to come and that it forms part of our collective memory, whereas for a large number of people, particularly young people, the internet has become one of the principal means of accessing knowledge and learning,į. whereas account must be taken of the rapid development of new technologies and the resulting changes in cultural practices,Į. whereas the Member States and cultural institutions, particularly libraries, have a key role to play in this enterprise at the national level and at the regional and local levels,ĭ. whereas the wealth and diversity of the European cultural heritage ought to be promoted, safeguarded and disseminated as widely as possible,Ĭ. ![]() whereas through the meeting, exchanging and sharing that culture entails, it can help to bring the European Union into closer contact with its citizens and a true European identity to take root and find expression,ī. – having regard to the report by the Committee on Culture and Education ( A6-0296/2007),Ī. – having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the communication from the Commission entitled "Scientific information in the digital age: access, dissemination and preservation" ( COM(2007)0056), – having regard to the report of 18 April 2007 by the High-Level Expert Group (copyright subgroup) on digital preservation, orphan works and out-of-print works, – having regard to Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (3), – having regard to the Council conclusions on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation (2), – having regard to Commission Recommendation 2006/585/EC of 24 August 2006 on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation (1), – having regard to the communication from the Commission entitled: "i2010: digital libraries" ( COM(2005)0465), European Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on i2010: towards a European digital library ( 2006/2040(INI)) ![]()
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