New Survey on Library Support for People with Disabilities
Share your insights on library policies, services, and initiatives for users with disabilities by 20 June 2022! Read More
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- 25 May 2022
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Action for access: IFLA releases January 2022 edition of Marrakesh Monitoring Report
The latest update to IFLA's Marrakesh Monitoring Report sets out how countries around the world are protecting (or not) the rights of people with disabilities to access to information. Read More
- News
- 27 January 2022
Promoting Inclusive Access – Celebrating the 100th Member of the ABC Books Service, and the International Excellence Award to NNELS, Canada
IFLA warmly welcomes the news that there are now 100 organisations and institutions engaged in the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC), working together to ensure access to information for persons with print disabilities. Read More
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- 21 October 2021
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- Profiles
- 18 September 2019
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 countries to date, among which Malawi. The country’s accession instrument has been recently deposited at WIPO, and the Treaty… Read More
- Publications
- 12 January 2019
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 Quito, Ecuador, organised by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, will help ensure that legal change is matched by progress… Read More
- Events
- 08 November 2018
Change the World in 80 Days: Momentum Builds on Marrakesh
Progress towards ratification and implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty is accelerating around the world. With European Union legislation entering into force in 80 days, and welcome news from the United States, Japan, South Africa and elsewhere, the barriers to access to knowledge for people with print disabilities are falling. Read More
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- 24 July 2018
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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 survey of policies and practices in place around the world. Nancy Bolt, member and former chair of the Section,… Read More
- Publications
- 23 May 2018
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 EU Directive (2017/1564) sets out the broad lines of what Member States must do, while the Regulation (2017/1563) allows for… Read More
- Publications
- 01 October 2017
IFLA statement on a Treaty for Visually Impaired and Print Disabled People (2012)
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- 11 January 2013