INTERNATIONAL WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY: APRIL 23, 2009

 

Other titles on books and copyright from UNBISnet UN | Non-UN   World Book and Copyright Day 23 April 23 April is a symbolic date for world literature for on this date in 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors such as Maurice Druon, Haldor K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo.  It was a natural choice for UNESCO‘s General Conference, held in Paris in 1995, to pay a world-wide tribute to books and authors on this date, encouraging everyone, and in particular young people, to discover the pleasure of reading and gain a renewed respect for the irreplaceable contributions of those who have furthered the social and cultural progress of humanity. In this respect, UNESCO created both the World Book and Copyright Day and the UNESCO Prize for Children’s and Young People’s Literature in the Service of Tolerance.     Links to UN and UN System sites:   UNESCO: World Book and Copyright Day Books and Reading Copyright One of the most important achievements was the introduction of the universal copyright symbol © at the UNESCO-organized conference at which the Universal Copyright Convention was adopted. Text of the Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971 Protection of Folklore UN Literacy Decade 2003 – 2012 World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright and Related Rights E-Commerce and Copyright Intellectual Property Digital Library Information Meeting on Educational Content and Copyright in the Digital Age (2005 : Geneva) WIPO Copyright Treaty Patentscope Database United Nations UN Bookshop CyberSchoolBus – Bookstore UN Education Portal ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: The additional resources links on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not necessarily represent an endorsement by the United Nations. Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe Commonwealth of Learning Copyright Research and Information Center (Japan) EUCLID International European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations European Publishers Council Intellectual Property Watch International Board on Books for Young People International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions International ISBN Agency International Publishers Association International Reading Association United States Copyright Office