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Following two weeks of negotiations in Marrakech, Morocco, Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) formally adopted a ‘Treaty to Improve Access to...

News - 27 Junio 2013 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Morocco, Services to the visually impaired, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

[WORD]   [PDF] We, the undersigned organisations representing over 750,000 professional librarians and serving over one billion registered library users worldwide, urge WIPO...

Informational Page - 11 Junio 2013 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Services to the visually impaired

[WORD] [PDF]  Thank you Mr Chair, On behalf of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, but also on behalf of millions of print-disabled and...

Informational Page - 27 Junio 2013 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Services to the visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA participated in the 6th meeting of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) held in Lisbon on the 20th and 21st June. EuroDIG is the European feeder event to the...

News - 21 Junio 2013 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, EuroDig, Portugal

Today the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) starts its two week (17th -28th of June) Diplomatic Conference to conclude a Treaty to facilitate access to published works by...

News - 18 Junio 2013 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Morocco, Services to the visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Organisations representing library associations, library consortia, and professional librarians in over 150 countries urge WIPO Member States to agree an effective treaty for print disabled people...

News - 11 Junio 2013 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Services to the visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The program will start with presentations to introduce access technology products, software and devices. Participants will then visit a "Technology Petting Zoo," where people (companies...

Event - 30 Mayo 2013 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Acquisitions, Audiovisual and multimedia, Best practice, Digital divide, Digital resources, Disadvantaged people, Education, Education and training, Electronic delivery, Electronic resources, Future of libraries, Programme, Services to people with disabilities, Services to the visually impaired, Singapore, Social inclusion, Library Services to People with Special Needs

At the 2013 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), IFLA hosted a workshop on 'Public Access to the Internet and the role of Libraries as an agent of development...

News - 17 Mayo 2013 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Switzerland, WSIS, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Seven papers that were presented at our LSN Satellite Program on "Libraries and The Homeless" presented in Tallinn, Estonia in August 2012 will be published in a special issue by Emerald...

News - 15 Abril 2013 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Disadvantaged people, Information literacy, Information professionals, Library as place, Poverty, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Last November the IFLA team attended the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Baku. During our time there we were run four workshops. These workshops were very successfully received and the...

News - 8 Abril 2013 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Azerbaijan, IGF, Internet access