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ARL Celebrates US House Passage of Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act, Urges Administration to Complete Implementation
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) celebrates today’s passage of the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act by the US House of Representatives. Earlier this year, the US Senate unanimously ratified the...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update, September 2018, Released by ARL
Advocacy and Public Policy Update The latest Advocacy and Public Policy Update, by Prudence S. Adler and Krista L. Cox of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), covers key issues of...
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ARL Celebrates United States’ Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty
On June 28, 2018, the United States Senate ratified the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled and...
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Marrakesh Treaty Unanimously Supported by U.S. Senate Foreign Relations and Judiciary Committees
The United States is moving closer toward ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled (Marrakesh...
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University of Toronto Makes First International Transfer of Accessible Books to Kyrgyzstan under Marrakesh Treaty
On April 23, 2018, World Book and Copyright Day, the University of Toronto (U of T) Scarborough Library made history by facilitating the first international transfer of accessible-format books to...
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Holds Hearing on the Marrakesh Treaty for Persons With Print Disabilities
On March 15, 2018, the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act (S. 2559) was introduced in the US Senate by Judiciary Committee Chair Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member Feinstein (D-CA), Foreign Relations Committee...
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ARL Urges US to Ratify Marrakesh Treaty, Improve Access to Publications for Visually Impaired
Today, March 15, 2018, the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act (S. 2559) was introduced in the US Senate by Judiciary Committee Chair Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member Feinstein (D-CA), Foreign Relations Committee...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update—February 2018
An update of key advocacy and public policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from September 23, 2017, through February 22, 2018,...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update—September 2017
An update of key advocacy and public policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from May 20, 2017, through September 22, 2017,...
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Marrakesh Treaty
The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled is a WIPO-based treaty adopted in June 2013. The treaty...
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