VIDEO: U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Holds Hearing on Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Holds Hearing on Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty (April 28, 2018).
Read the Treaty
The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Public Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled, Done at Marrakesh on June 27, 2013
Video
Watch the Hearing
Prepared Statements of Witnesses
The Honorable Manisha Singh
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic And Business Affairs
United States Department of State
Mr. Scott LaBarre
Legal Counsel
National Federation of the Blind
Mr. Allan Adler
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Association of American PublishersMr.
Jonathan Band
Counsel
Library Copyright Alliance
Additional Resources
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Holds Hearing on the Marrakesh Treaty for Persons With Print Disabilities (via Krista Cox, ARL)
Issue Brief: Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons with Print Disabilities (December 3. 2017)
ARL Celebrates 20th Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty to Improve Global Access to Publications for Print-Disabled Users (June 30, 2017)
Accessibility: “International Publishers Association Guide to the Marrakesh Treaty” (December 16, 2016)
UPDATE: Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Marrakesh Treaty (via ALA District Dispatch)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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