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Libraries for the Blind Section

Standing Committee Members

(October 2007)

Marja-Leena Ahola-vom Dorp
Librarian
Talboks- och punktskriftsbiblioteket/Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille
SE-12288 ENSKEDE
Sweden
Tel. +(46)(8)399350
Fax +(46)(8)6599467
Information Coordinator/Editor of Newsletter:
Jenny Craven
Research Associate, Centre for Research in Library & Information Management
Manchester Metropolitan Univ., Dept. of Information and Communications
Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamond Street West
MANCHESTER M15 6LL
United Kingdom
Tel. +(44)(161)2476142
Fax +(44)(161)2476979
Secretary/Treasurer:
Bente Dahl Rathje
Chief Consultant
The Danish National Library for the Blind and Print Disabled - DBB
Teglvaerksgade 37
DK-2100 COPENHAGEN
Denmark
Tel. +(45)39134600
Fax +(45)39134601
Courtney Deines-Jones
Principal and Founder
The Grimalkin Group, LLC
8639B 16th Street #148
SILVER SPRING, MD 20910
United States
Tel. +(1)(240)46208426
Fax +(1)(301)5876089
Galina Elfimova
Head of the Foreign Literature Department
Russian State Library for the Blind
9 Protopopovski Per.
129010 MOSCOW
Russian Federation
Tel. +(7)(495)2803587/6842595
Fax +(7)(495)6802867
Corresponding Member:
Sanja Frajtag
Library Director
Croatian Library for the Blind
Draskoviceva 80
10000 ZAGREB
Croatia
Tel. +(385)(1)4812509
Fax +(385)(1)4923587
Francois Hendrikz
Director
South African Library for the Blind
P.O. Box 115
GRAHAMSTWON 6140
South Africa
Tel. +(27)(46)6227226
Fax +(27)(46)6224645
Rebecca Herrington
National Manager
Vision Australia Information, Library Service
P.O. Box 860
HAWTHORN Victoria 3122
Australia
Tel. +(61)(3)18649604
Thomas Kahlisch
Director
Deutsche Zentralbücherei für Blinde zu Leipzig
Gustav-Adolf-Str. 7
04105 LEIPZIG
Germany
Tel. +(49)(314)71130
Fax +(49)(341)7113125
Hiroshi Kawamura
Technical Advisor
Nippon Lighthouse, Information and Culture Center for the Blind
1-1-61, Wakaba
CHOFU-SHI 1820003
Japan
Tel. +(81)(3)3309665
Fax +(81)(3)33054994
Koen Krikhaar
Head of Public Services
Dedicon
P.O. Box 24 (Traverse 175)
5360 AA GRAVE
Netherlands
Tel. +(31)(486)486260
Fax +(31)(486)476535
Luc Maumet
Bibliothécaire
Association Valentin Haüy (A.V.H.)
5, Rue Duroc
75007 PARIS
France
Tel. +(33)(1)44492727
Fax +(33)(1)44492710
Margaret McGrory
Vice President + CIO and Executive Director of CNIB Library
Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB Library)
1929 Bayview Avenue
TORONTO, Ontario M4G 3E8
Canada
Tel. +(1)(416)4862500 ext. 7521
Fax +(1)(416)4807700
Misako Nomura
Deputy Director, Information Center
Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disablities
22-1, 1 chome, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku
TOKYO 162-0052
Japan
Tel. +(81)(3)52730796
Fax +(81)(3)52730615
Peter Osborne
Head of Production Services
Royal National Institute for the Blind
PO Box 173
PETERBOROUGH PE2 6WS
United Kingdom
Tel. +(44)(1733)375008
Fax +(44)(1733)375186
Sherrod "Steve" Prine, Jr.
Assistant Chief, Network Division, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave., S.E.
WASHINGTON D.C. 20540-4000
United States
Tel. +(1)(202)7079245
Fax +(1)(202)7070712
Eugenia V. Shepovalova
Director
St. Petersburg State Library for the Blind
Shamshev Str. 8
197198 ST PETERSBURG
Russian Federation
Tel. +(7)(812)2323721
Fax +(7)(812)2323651
Information Coordinator/Editor of Newsletter:
Minna von Zansen
Service Manager, Library Services
Celia Library for the Visually Impaired
P.O. Box 20
FIN-00030 IIRIS
Finland
Tel. +(358)(9)22952231
Fax +(358)(9)22952295