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Joseph D. Combs Jr. Appointed ARL Visiting Program Officer for Accessibility
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has named Joseph (Jody) Dale Combs Jr. as a visiting program officer for accessibility to advance ARL’s captioning initiative, from January through June 2017....
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Association Meeting 2016 (Fall): Pat Burns’s Survey on Article-Processing Charges
Presented at the 169th Association Meeting, September 2016, in Washington, DC by Pat Burns. Pat Burns's APC Survey Slide Deck (PDF) Comments from the ARL APC Survey (PDF)
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Association Meeting 2016 (Fall): ARL Projects in the Pipeline, September 2016
Presented at the 169th Association Meeting, September 2016, in Washington, DC by the Coordinating Committee.ARL Projects in the Pipeline, September 2016 (PDF)
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ARL Celebrates 20th Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty to Improve Global Access to Publications for Print-Disabled Users
Today, June 30, 2016, Canada acceded to the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled, becoming the 20th...
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Marrakesh Treaty for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled to Enter Into Force
Today, June 30, 2016, the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled Reached its 20th ratification and will enter into force...
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Karen Nakamura to Keynote NDLC ’16 Pre-Conference Forum on Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility
Karen Nakamura Acclaimed anthropologist Karen Nakamura will present the keynote address for a forum on “Diversity and Accessibility: Designing for Innovation and Inclusion” preceding the 2016 National Diversity in Libraries...
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Chile Becomes 17th Country to Ratify Marrakesh Treaty
Chile recently became the seventeenth country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to Faciltiate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled. Countries from...
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Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality: University of Michigan
by Jeff Witt | Diversity and Inclusion Specialist, University of Michigan Library | on April 14, 2016 As a part of the University of Michigan's (U-M) Diversity Strategic Planning Process, the...
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Captioning and Copyright Law—Tensions and Work-arounds in the Current Legal Landscape
Video captioning for the deaf or hard of hearing has become more common since the turn of the century. The copyright owners of some of this video programming are taking...
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Canada Introduces Legislation Preparing for Accession to the Marrakesh Treaty (Take Two)
In June 2015, proposed amendments to Canada's Copyright Act were introduced in the House of Commons. These amendments, contained in Bill C-65, the Support for Canadians with Print Disabilities Act, were...
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