This ALA program may be of interest to list members.


Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA)
President's Program
"Information Access and Human Rights of People with Disabilities:
National Library Associations and Global Cooperation."
Sunday, June 27, 1999
8:30-11 a.m.
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Room 228-230


When the UNESCO and WIPO Copyright Conventions are modified to provide
exemptions for people with disabilities, e.g., allowing for changing format
to enable access, individual nations will modify their copyright laws to
implement these changes.  How can we work together to ensure a harmony
across nations to facilitate access to information by disabled people?

Program participants are:

Craig Anderson, President, Australian Library and Information Association
Yerker Andersson, Past President, World Federation of the Deaf
Mogens Damm, President, Danish Library Association
Barbara Ford, Past President, American Library Association
Margaret C. Fung, President, Library Association of China (Taiwan)
Hiroshi Kawamura, Director, Information Center, Japanese Society for
  Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities
Lorraine McQueen, President, Canadian Library Association
Marybeth Peters, U.S. Register of Copyrights
James Sanders, Vice President, World Blind Union
Ross Shimmon, Secretary General, International Federation of Library
  Associations and Institutions
Ann Symons, President, American Library Association



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