About the Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section
The Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section concerns itself with library services for the blind and other people with print disabilities. The main purposes of the Section are to promote national and international cooperation in this field, and to encourage research and development in all aspects of this area, thus improving the access of information for the blind and other people with print disabilities.
The Section is thus concerned with the implementation of service goals, standardization of material, problems of copyright, bibliographic control, technical standards, free transmission of postal and telecommunications or any means of distribution of material, and the identification of the locations of special format collections and activities for the blind and other people with print disabilities.
Awards
- 2009 Dr. Dayton M. Forman Memorial Award
- Press release of Ulverscroft Foundation 2008 Awards
- Ulverscroft/IFLA Best Practice Awards 2007
- Ulverscroft/IFLA Best Practice Awards 2006
- Winners of a Frederick Thorpe Award 2004
Useful Addresses
List of Standing Committee Members
Chair
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 E-mail: bdr@dbb.dk
Secretary Thomas Kahlisch Director Deutsche Zentralbücherei für Blinde zu Leipzig Gustav-Adolf-Str. 7 04105 Leipzig Germany Tel. +(49)(341)71130 Fax +(49)(341)7113125 E-mail: thomas.kahlisch@dzb.de
Treasurer / 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 E-mail: j.craven@mmu.ac.uk
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 E-mail: minna.vonzansen@celialib.fi
Section Archive: Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities
Last update: 24 June 2009