Libraries for the Blind Section
World Library and Information Congress: 70th IFLA General Conference and Council
Buenos Aires, Argentina
August 2004
Conference Papers
Libraries for the Blind with Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons
Balance of copyright and licensing: access to information for print handicapped people
- Opening remarks
WINSTON TABB, Chair IFLA Copyright and Legal Matters (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
- Copyright protection as access barrier for people who read differently: the case for an international approach
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JOHAN ROOS (South African Library for the Blind, South Africa)
- Copyright: How can barriers to access be removed? An action plan for the removal of some copyright barriers that prevent equitable access to information by people with print disabilities
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STEPHEN KING (Royal National Institute of the Blind, UK) and DAVID MANN (RNIB UK: International copyright development for WBU supported by IFLA LBS and DAISY Consortium)
- Towards the ideal: steps to improved access
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Hacia un Ideal: Pasos para mejorar el acceso
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VICTORIA OWEN (CNIB Library for the Blind, Toronto, Canada)
- Copyright exceptions for the visually impaired: international perspective
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Excepciones de derecho de autor para los discapacitados visuales Perspectiva Internacional
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GEIDY LUNG (Copyright Law Division, WIPO)
- Perspectives from publishers and users in South America
ANA MARIA CABANELLAS DE LAS CUEVAS (Cámara Argentina del Libro, and International Publishers Association)
- The Tiflolibros model: International cooperation for delivery of digital books to blind people
PABLO LECUONA (Tiflolibros, Argenita)
- Question and answer period
Convenor: HELEN BRAZIER (National Library for the Blind, UK)
Convenor:
BEATRICE CHRISTENSEN SKÖLD, Acting Chair, IFLA/Libraries for the Blind Section (TPB, Sweden)
