Winston Tabb wins 2012 Patterson Copyright Award (USA)

Winston Tabb, dean of libraries and museums at Johns Hopkins University is the 2012 recipient of the American Library Association's L. Ray Patterson Copyright Award: In Support of Users' Rights. Tabb was appointed to the National Board of the Institute of Library and Museum Services (IMLS) by President Obama in 2010. He serves as the chair of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institution's (IFLA) Standing Committee on Copyright and Legal Matters (CLM) and advocates for library users across the world at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva