Fundamental Rights Report 2017

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights published its report for 2017 earlier this year. This coincides with the Agency’s 10th Anniversary.

The EU’s commitment to fundamental rights has grown tremendously during the past decade, but recent developments underscore how quickly progress can be undone. Across the EU, the fundamental rights system is increasingly under attack – dismissed as political correctness gone awry, as benefitting only select individuals, or as hampering swift responses to urgent challenges. This year’s focus section further explores these issues, providing a thorough review of the past decade’s highlights and persisting shortfalls.

The report is available online or call into the European Documentation Centre in Taylor Library for a free copy of the report.

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New EU Bookshop

In June the EU Bookshop will become part of the EU Law and Publications portal.

 

The EU Bookshop is an online bookshop, library and archive of publications from the EU institutions and agencies going back to 1952 and includes work produced jointly with partner institutions. Most publications can be downloaded in pdf format free of charge.

Aberdeen University users can also find EU Bookshop material using the ‘All Collections’ tab in Primo. Any EU Bookshop items that appear in your search results can be accessed by clicking the title, which will take you straight through to the Bookshop itself, where you can download a pdf of your document.

 

 

 

EU Prize for Literature

© EUPL consortium 2017

 

 

 

The EU Prize for Literature (EUPL) recognises outstanding new emerging literary talents across Europe, and aims to highlight the wealth of contemporary European literature while drawing attention to Europe’s unique cultural and linguistic heritage.

 

 

 

The winners of the 2017 prize were announced last month and are:

• Rudi Erebara (Albania);
• Ina Vultchanova (Bulgaria);
• Bianca Bellová (Czech Republic);
• Kallia Papadaki (Greece);
• Halldóra K. Thoroddsen (Iceland);
• Osvalds Zebris (Latvia);
• Walid Nabhan (Malta);
• Aleksandar Bečanović (Montenegro);
• Jamal Ouariachi (the Netherlands);
• Darko Tuševljaković (Serbia);
• Sine Ergün (Turkey);
• Sunjeev Sahota (United Kingdom).

If you are interested you can read excerpts from the winning books both in their original languages and in English or French translations.  A pdf copy is available here.

This year’s winners will receive their awards at a public awards ceremony  in Brussels on 23 May.  The European Prize for Literature is financed under the Creative Europe Programme

 

EU Bookshop now searchable through Primo

The EU Bookshop is an online bookshop, library and archive of publications from the EU institutions and agencies going back to 1952 and includes work produced jointly with partner institutions. Most publications can be downloaded in pdf format free of charge.

If you are familiar with this resource then you may be aware that the site’s search facility can sometimes run a little slow. The good news is that you can now find EU Bookshop material using the ‘All Collections’ tab in Primo. Any EU Bookshop items that appear in your search results can be accessed by clicking the title, which will take you straight through to the Bookshop itself, where you can download a pdf of your document.

If you have any questions about Primo, the EU Bookshop or anything else library related, please get in touch with us by phone, email or in person.

Need an EU publication but can’t find it on Primo?

© Copyright Emiliano and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

The European Documentation Centre (EDC) in Taylor Library receives studies, reports, journals and pamphlets on a wide range of subjects from the Publications Office of the European Union as part of its contract with the European Commission.  All material received in hard copy is catalogued and added to Primo. However in addition to providing hard copies to EDCs the Publications Office also provides free access to material electronically via the EU Bookshop.

Increasingly, there is a move to electronic only publishing so there are thousands of titles freely available on the EU Bookshop which do not appear on Primo. Subjects include the economy, energy, the environment, law, trade and transport.

Check it out.

If however you still can’t find what you are looking for – do it the old fashioned way and visit us in person at the EDC Office and we’ll help you find the material you need.

Europe Day 2015

A new idea for Europe: The Schumann declaration – 1950-2000 by Pascal Fontaine (Cover detail)

EUROPE DAY

The 9^th of May is a celebration of peace and unity in Europe.  This date was chosen as it marks the anniversary of the ‘Schuman declaration‘ where the French Foreign Minister laid out his ideas for a new form of cooperation in Europe that would make war between European nations unthinkable.  This declaration is seen as the start of what has become the European Union

 

To read more about this “A new idea for Europe : the Schuman Declaration, 1950-2000”  by Pascal Fontaine is available in the European Documentation Centre

To mark Europe Day, Europe Direct Aberdeen is having a Dance For Europe Day on the 9th of May between 11am – 2pm at the City’s Central Library. Further details are available at: http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/Library/information_service/lib_information_europedirect.asp

European Union Explained: free copies available

The European Union Explained is a series of brief publications that explain what the EU does in different policy areas.  Subjects include climate action, energy, environment, food safety, public health, research and innovation, trade and transport.

Copies are available from the free leaflets display next to the EDC Office in the Taylor Library, so come and pick some up!

Electronic copies are available and can be downloaded free of charge from the EU Bookshop: https://bookshop.europa.eu/en/home/

New publications in the EU Bookshop

New publications are constantly being added to the EU Bookshop on a huge variety of subjects . they are mostly authored by EU institutions or individuals endorsed by them. PDFs and E-books of EU Bookshop titles are free to download and there are  around 190,000 to choose from!

Below are a few examples that may be of interest to law students:

• EU competence in private law
• Cross-border parental child abduction in the European Union
• Judicial cooperation in civil matters in the European Union
• Practice guide for the application of the Brussels IIa Regulation

And some other things:

• Taste Book
• Partners
• Research EU
• Space Weather and Power Grids

If your studies relate to the EU then check the Bookshop regularly for the
latest information.