Meetings are scheduled for Saturday, August 21, 14:00 - 18:00, and Friday, August 27, 8:30 - 10:20.

LSDP Open Session: Wednesday, August 25, 9:00 - 11:20.

The main theme of the session is: "The Training Needs of Library and Information Professionals Providing Services to Disadvantaged Persons."

• Jan Murray (Australia),
  "Enhancing the Skills of School Library Staff in Catering for Individual Student Needs"
• Sujin Butdisuwan (Thailand),
  "Serving the Disadvantaged: A Challenge for Information Professionals in Thailand"
• Rangashri Kishore (India),
  "Voice of India's Disabled: Demanding Equality in Library Services"
• Vibeke Lehmann (USA),
  "Prison Librarians Needed: A Challenging Career for Those with the Right Professional and Human Skills."

Poster Session on Dyslexia: Tuesday, August 24, 12:00 - 14:00, and Wednesday, August 25, 12:00 - 14:00.

Two members of the LSDP Standing Committee will present the poster session, Gyda Skat Nielsen, Head of Outreach Services, Søllerød Public Libraries, Denmark, and President of the European Dyslexia Association, and Birgitta Irvall, Director, Østeråker Public Library, Sweden. They will provide information on dyslexia, an "invisible" learning disability that affects approximately 8% of the world's population, half of them seriously. Because of their disability, dyslexic persons rarely visit a library, where they may not feel welcome, and many librarians do not have enough information to reach out and serve these persons appropriately. The poster session is designed to increase awareness of dyslexia among library professionals and to present them with ideas for enhancing services and information access to a significant group of patrons with reading difficulties.