12 August 2010

LPD/LSN Session, Friday 13th Aug 13.45-15.45 “The right to read” - How to include excluded citizens in the knowledge society?

By Jenny Craven

• IFLA WLIC 2010, 10-15 August, Gothenburg, Sweden - Library Services to People with Special Needs with Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities joint session: “The right to read” - How to include excluded citizens in the knowledge society? Friday 13th August, 13.45-15.45  Room: Hall B.
• Presentations on:
  The Global Accessible Library – the work so far, from Margaret McGrory - Representative from Global Library (IFLA, Daisy)
  An example of best practice from Jenny Nilsson: Apple Shelves, Sweden
• Panel Session on the Right to Read:
  Ellen Tise, IFLA President
  Julie Rae, Vision Australia
  Bror Tronbacke, The Centre for Easy to Read, Sweden
  Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium
  Poster Session no 38:
  Making the vision of a global accessible library a reality. Jenny Craven and Minna von Zansen