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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Accessibility”

Latin America Focuses on Making Books Accessible to People with Print Disabilities 

Serena Barone 5th December 2024ABC, Accessibility, Latin America, News, WIPO

Last month the Congress of the Latin American Union of the Blind (ULAC) took place in Lim, Peru. The event, organized by WIPO’s Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) and ULAC, was …

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Finalists for the 2024 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing Announced

Serena Barone 11th November 2024ABC, Accessibility, News

The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) of the World Property Organisation (WIPO) has released the finalists for the 2024 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing. In the publisher category, the …

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WIPO’s Accessible Books Consortium reaches one million titles with RNIB partnership

Serena Barone 19th July 2024ABC, Accessibility, News

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) in the UK has partnered with the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC). This partnership will expand the ABC Global Book Service to offer …

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WIPO celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Accessible Books Consortium

Serena Barone 13th May 2024ABC, Accessibility, News, WIPO

The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) marks 10 years of delivering books in accessible formats, such as braille, audio, e-text, large print, to people who are blind or otherwise print disabled worldwide. The …

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ABC Accessible Books Consortium new partnership with Dolphin Computer Access: ABC Catalogue to go fully mobile

Serena Barone 24th January 2024ABC, Accessibility, News

WIPO’s Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) is delighted to announce a new partnership with Dolphin Computer Access, a UK-based software company dedicated to empowering people with vision impairments and other print …

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ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing: winners announced!

Serena Barone 3rd November 2023ABC, Accessibility, News

The winners of the 2023 ABC International Excellence Award were announced at a ceremony at the Sharjah Publishers Conference on 29 October by WIPO Deputy Director General Sylvie Forbin. The Swedish …

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ABC 2023 International Excellence Award – Finalists announced!

Serena Barone 9th October 2023ABC, Accessibility, News, United Nations

The World Intellectual Property Organization’s Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) have announced the finalists for the ABC Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at …

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Apply for ABC Training and Technical Assistance

Serena Barone 15th September 2023Accessibility, News, United Nations

The International Authors Forum (IAF) is thrilled to inform readers that the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) is now accepting applications from organisations in developing countries for training and technical assistance …

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IAF at WIPO SCCR37

Luke Alcott 19th December 2018Accessibility, Artists Resale Right, Copyright law, News, WIPO

IAF attended the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR37) in Geneva during the week commencing 26 November 2018. The SCCR37 agenda continued the work of previous sessions …

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The Bookseller @thebookseller ·
5 Feb

The International Authors Forum (@IntAuthors) has appointed Kevin Fitzgerald as its new secretary general 👇

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International Authors Forum @intauthors ·
3 Feb

🚨IAF is pleased to announce Kevin Fitzgerald CMG as our new Secretary General! With expertise in IP and global #copyright, Kevin will help strengthen IAF’s mission to protect #authorsrights worldwide🌍

📰Read more: https://internationalauthors.org/news/iaf/iaf-appoints-kevin-fitzgerald-as-new-secretary-general/

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Join IAF at #fil2024guadalajara for a whole day de Join IAF at #fil2024guadalajara for a whole day dedicated to authors and authors’ rights! 📚🖼️

#authorsrights #bookfair #latinamerica #creators #ai
We were lucky to attend the spectacular launch of We were lucky to attend the spectacular launch of Strasbourg as #WorldBookCapital24!  Writers, librarians, publishers and industry guests gathered last week to celebrate a programme of events to promote books and reading that will take place in there this year 🎉
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One week until our AGM in New York! We've got a fu One week until our AGM in New York! We've got a full programme including panels focusing on #AI and #Copyright. More info via our bio.
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Today at #LBF24 we launched a joint call for key f Today at #LBF24 we launched a joint call for key freedoms to be respected - the freedom of expression and the freedoms to read, and publish.Full story in our bio 🔗
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#ThisWeek we took the floor at the UNESCO Meeting #ThisWeek we took the floor at the UNESCO Meeting for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression to encourage the protection of cultural expression in the digital environment and to share our #AI principles 🙌
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Good to see that the proposed changes in the Ley O Good to see that the proposed changes in the Ley Omnibus have been rejected. We continue to support our Argentinian members in this situation. Read our full statement via our bio.

📸 Marcelo Guerrieri, President of the Union Escritoras y Escritores
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