Conferences and Seminars
- World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, LPD Session: Using technology to give the past a future: the journey from Braille to XML. Papers:
"Feelix" the start of a journey to literacy: a unique Braille library makes picture books accessible for the first time to infants and young children who are blind or vision impaired. JULIE RAE and LOUISE CURTIN (Vision Australia, Melbourne, Australia).
Braille without borders: how Braille is used in creation of literature in indigenous languages using today's technologies
DIPENDRA MANOCHA, GEORGE KERSCHER and HIROSHI KAWAMURA (DAISY Consortium, New Delhi – India, Missoula – USA, Tokyo – Japan)
Breaking new ground: a virtual global library service to widen access for people with print disabilities. JULIE RAE (Vision Australia, Melbourne, Australia)
- People, Public Libraries, Publishers (P3) conference: Better Library Services for Print Disabled Persons through Partnerships with Publishers and Public Libraries. August 17–20, 2009 Belgium and Netherlands. A selection of P3 Conference Photos are also available.
- World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Council, Quebec City, Canada, 10-14 August
LPD Session: Achieve more through design for all: how to make your website, buildings, presentations and print materials more accessible to print disabled people. Papers:
Web accessibility: what we have achieved and challenges ahead, JENNY CRAVEN (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
A building with vision, LESLEY McDONALD (Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Toronto, Canada)
Making presentations accessible to blind and low vision participants, PENNY HARTIN (World Blind Union, Toronto, Canada)
Designing your library's printed materials for accessibility, JON HARDISTY (RNIB National Library Services, Stockport, UK) and MINNA VON ZANSEN (Celia Library for the Visually Impaired, Helsinki, Finland)
- 2008 February 27 and 28, DAISY Seminar, Zagreb, Croatia [Text version]
- 2007 August, World Library and Information Congress, Durban, South Africa: Libraries for the Blind and Libraries for Children and Young Adults Sections Theme: Best practice in library services for print disabled children
- 2007 August, Satellite Meeting Theme: Library Service for print disabled people: a tool for literacy * Programme
- 2007 June, DAISY Workshop
- 2004 Conference Papers of the World Library and Information Congress: 70th IFLA General Conference and Council
- 2003 Pre-Conference, Marburg/Lahn, Germany
- 2003 Prè-confèrence, Marburg/Lahn, Allemagne, (Edition francaise)
- 2002 Pre-Conference, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Last update: 4 November 2009