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International relations
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International relations

Nota is a member of the following organizations and associations:


Nordic Partnership Meetings

Meeting forum for the directors of the Nordic libraries for the blind. Director Elsebeth Tank is the contact at Nota.

IFLA

IFLA is the abbreviation of "The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions". Among the issues addressed by IFLA are the ability to choose literature free from moral, political or religious restrictions, free and equal access to books and information and free libraries.

The annual IFLA conference is alternately hosted by the member countries. Boston, USA will host the coming conference in the summer of 2001. 146 countries are members of IFLA.
Director Elsebeth Tank is the contact at Nota.

IFLA
Section of Libraries for the Blind.


DAISY

The DAISY Consortium is establishing the International Standard for the production, exchange, and use of the "Digital Talking Books".
Director Elsebeth Tank is the contact at Nota.


MIRACLE

Music Information Resources Assisted Computer Library Exchange.
The primary aims of the MIRACLE project are:

Head librarian Bente Dahl Rathje is the contact at Nota.

Link to: Miracle


NISO

The National Information Standards Organization develops and promotes technical standards used in a wide variety of information services. NISO is a non-profit association accredited as a developer of standards by the American National Standards Institute.
Thomas Kjellberg Christensen is the contact at Nota.

NISO


Open eBook Forum

The purpose of the Open eBook Forum (OEBF) is to create and maintain standards and promote the successful adoption of electronic books. The Forum is an association of hardware and software companies, publishers and users of electronic books and related organizations whose goals are to establish common specifications for electronic book systems, applications and products that will benefit creators of content, makers of reading systems and, most importantly, consumers, helping to catalyze the adoption of electronic books; to encourage the broad acceptance of these specifications on a worldwide basis among members of the Forum, related industries and the public; and to increase awareness and acceptance of the emerging electronic publishing industry.
Thomas Kjellberg Christensen is the contact at Nota.

Open eBook


Libraries for the blind in other countries



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