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Ulverscroft/IFLA Best Practice Awards - 2011

Posted by Minna von Zansen, Joint Information Coordinator, IFLA LPD — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:15:18 +0100

The Ulverscroft Foundation and the IFLA Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section are pleased to announce the outcome of the bids for funding from the 2011 programme. The Ulverscroft Foundation had made 10,000 Pounds GB available for awards to library workers to assist the development of library services for print disabled people worldwide and to foster cooperation between library services serving these persons.

The following awards have been made:

Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section

The Ulverscroft Foundation and the IFLA Libraries Serving Persons with Disabilities Section Best Practice Awards 2011

Posted on behalf of Joyce Sumner, Ulverscroft Foundation — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:04:28 +0200

The Ulverscroft Foundation and the IFLA Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section are pleased to announce that the Foundation has agreed to provide renewed sponsorship of 10,000 GP Pounds in 2011 to continue a best practice development programme which commenced in 2003. Since then individuals have been sponsored to visit libraries

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Joint Announcement by Vision Australia and Ulverscroft Group, July 2011

Deborah Mould, Vision Australia — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:41:17 +0200

Vision Australia is delighted to announce that it can now supply its members with Daisy versions of unabridged audio books published by Ulverscroft Group in UK.

Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section

Award for Estonian language interfaces for technical devices for blind people

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:06:57 +0200

In Estonia, Mother Tongue Day has been celebrated on March 14 since 1999. One of its aims is to highlight and award outstanding actions in the field of the Estonian language. At this year’s ceremony, the Language in Action Award for 2010 went to a working group formed by the non-profit organization Jumalalaegas and the Estonian Library for the Blind.

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Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section Newsletter 2010-2 available in Russian

Jenny Craven — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 18:32:36 +0100

The Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section Newsletter 2010-2 is now available in Russian as well as in English. Many thanks to Galina Elfimova from the Russian State Library for the Blind for this translation. More translations will follow shortly. The Newsletter is available at: http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/libraries-serving-persons-with-print-disabilities-section-newsletter

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Manifesto for libraries and services for people with print disabilities

Julie Rae, LPD Chair — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:47:46 +0200

Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities is seeking feedback on a Manifesto for libraries and services for people with print disabilities.

The draft manifesto has been sent to all Sections.

Please send your feedback and comments by the end of October 2010 to: Julie Rae, LPD Chair and Koen Krikhaar, LPD Secretary

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

Jenny Craven — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:29:54 +0200

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.
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2010 Dr. Dayton M. Forman Memorial Award/Prix commémoratif Dr Dayton M. Forman 2010

CNIB Library — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:32:15 +0200

2010 Dr. Dayton M. Forman Memorial Award: Call for Nominations

The nomination deadline is August 13, 2010.

This award recognizes outstanding leadership in the advancement of library and information services for Canadians with print disabilities. Established by the CNIB Library Board in 1996, it is offered in tribute to Dr. Dayton M. Forman, an exceptional humanitarian and longstanding CNIB volunteer who exemplified the leadership required to make a difference for over half a million visually impaired people across Canada.

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Jodi Awards: spreading their wings in 2010

Fri, 28 May 2010 13:32:27 +0200

The Jodi Awards are for museums, galleries, libraries, archives and heritage venues which use digital technology to widen access to information, collections, learning and creativity for disabled people.

Nominations are now being sought for the Jodi Awards 2010 from museums, libraries, archives and heritage sites. Supported by MLA (Museums Libraries and Archives), the Jodi Awards are for best use of digital technology to widen access to information, collections, learning and creativity for disabled people.

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Blackstone Audio gets DAISY Fever!

Deborah Mould, Vision Australia — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:51:02 +0200

Blackstone Audio, one of the largest producers of unabridged audio titles in the US, is proud to announce the introduction of DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) books to their library customers. The move brings a higher level of accessibility to commercial publishing and expands opportunities for individuals and print disability agencies to purchase a growing range of books.

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