[NFBofSC] Celebration of The 10th Anniversary of the Signing of the Marrakesh Treaty

[Steve Cook]

Friends -

 

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.

 

We invite you to register for the event at
<https://www.copyright.gov/events/marrakesh-treaty-tenth-anniversary/>
https://www.copyright.gov/events/marrakesh-treaty-tenth-anniversary/. After
registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information
about joining the event.

 

NLS is excited to join its colleagues at the US Copyright Office in
celebrating the Marrakesh Treaty and
<https://www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/laws-regulations/marrakesh-treat
y/marrakesh-treaty-implementation/> its successful implementation 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.

 

We hope you will tune in-and please share the information and link with all
your friends and supporters of Marrakesh!

 

 

>From Your Patron Engagement Team

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