Content tagged Print disabilities
Ordered by publication date from most to less recent.
(These results include any available translations of the original English documents.)
- Is Malawi’s accession to the Marrakesh Treaty effectively addressing the book famine? (2017)
The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, adopted on June 27, 2013, has been ratified by 30...
Publication - 12 January 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Malawi, Marrakesh Treaty, Print disabilities, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements
- Regional Workshop on the Implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty
In terms of the number of ratifications, the Marrakesh Treaty is a major success, promising new possibilities for people with print disabilities to access information. A sub-regional workshop in...
Event - 8 November 2018
Tags: Access to information, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries serving persons with print disabilities, Marrakesh Treaty, Print disabilities, Workshop, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Change the World in 80 Days: Momentum Builds on Marrakesh
Five years on from its signature in 2013, the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled is proving its power...
News - 24 July 2018
Tags: Access to information, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Libraries serving persons with print disabilities, Marrakesh Treaty, Print disabilities, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Library Services to People with Disabilities - IFLA Contribution to UN Report
As part of its engagement in the UN initaitive on Monitoring and Evaluation for Disability-Inclusive Development, IFLA's section on Libraries Serving Users with Special Needs carried out a...
Publication - 23 May 2018
Tags: Access to information, Print disabilities, Services to people with disabilities, Sustainable Development Agenda, Reports, Library Services to People with Special Needs
- Implementing Marrakesh in Europe - A Guide
With European Union (EU) legislation implementing the Marrakesh Treaty now published, Member States now have a clear deadline for making the Treaty's provisions a reality in national law. The...
Publication - 1 October 2017
Tags: Europe, Libraries serving persons with print disabilities, Marrakesh Treaty, Print disabilities, Guidelines, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities
- IFLA statement on a Treaty for Visually Impaired and Print Disabled People (2012)
[PDF] 20 July 2012 Thank you, Mr Chairman. I am speaking on behalf of IFLA, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions; and eIFL, Electronic Information...
Informational Page - 11 January 2013
Tags: Access to information, Print disabilities, SCCR, Visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- IFLA, EIFL, ICA and German Library Association Statement on a Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR 25
The first two days of the 25th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) have seen Member States working in small groups to finalise a text for a treaty for...
News - 21 November 2012
Tags: Access to information, Print disabilities, SCCR25, Switzerland, Visually impaired, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- IFLA Statement on Visually Impaired and Print Disabled Persons
On Friday 20th July library delegation leader Winston Tabb delivered the following statement on behalf of IFLA and Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) at the 24th Meeting of the WIPO...
News - 23 July 2012
Tags: Access to information, eIFL, Print disabilities, Visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Full report on 22nd Session of WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights in Geneva
Significant progress was made on exceptions and limitations for persons with print and other reading disabilities at the 22nd session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights...
News - 1 July 2011
Tags: Copyright, Exceptions and limitations, Print disabilities, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)