<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Good morning Everyone,<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I passed this on to Il-talk because for those of you who don’t know, NFB was instrumental in getting this passed.</div><div><br></div><div>Debbie P</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 11, 2023, at 6:46 AM, Debbie Pittman <debbiepittman99@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Rorie, Tamara" <tror@loc.gov><br><b>Date:</b> September 8, 2023 at 8:24:08 AM CDT<br><b>To:</b> NLS-PATRONANNOUNCE@listserv.loc.gov<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Celebration of The 10th Anniversary of the Signing of the Marrakesh Treaty</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> NLS Patron Announce <NLS-PATRONANNOUNCE@listserv.loc.gov><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Friends –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NLS is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, September 13, from 1 to 2 p.m. EDT, the Library of Congress will hold a virtual event to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Marrakesh
Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We invite you to register for the event at
</span><a href="https://www.copyright.gov/events/marrakesh-treaty-tenth-anniversary/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.copyright.gov/events/marrakesh-treaty-tenth-anniversary/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NLS is excited to join its colleagues at the US Copyright Office in celebrating the Marrakesh Treaty and
</span><a href="https://www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/laws-regulations/marrakesh-treaty/marrakesh-treaty-implementation/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">its successful implementation</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
here in the United States. NLS marked a milestone this summer with patrons’ 100,000th download of audio and braille materials acquired under the treaty. Since 2020, when the treaty was fully implemented in the US, NLS has added more than 5,700 works in more
than 25 languages—including English—from treaty members. NLS has also uploaded more than 197,000 items to the Accessible Books Consortium Global Book Service, making them digitally available to other Marrakesh Treaty members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We hope you will tune in—and please share the information and link with all your friends and supporters of Marrakesh!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From Your Patron Engagement Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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