Projects

Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR - formerly the Global Accessible Library Project)

Project website: http://www.visionip.org/tigar/en/

The IFLA section Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities (LPD) and the DAISY Consortium have joined to develop TIGAR (formerly the Global Accessible Library project). This project endeavours to identify how content can be shared, collected and accessed by print disabled library clients so they can access the information of their choice. An initial Global Library Survey was conducted to gather opinions and expectations relating to the concept of a global accessible library. The GAL Final Report of Phase One was submitted to the LPD steering committee in April 2010, there were a number of recommendations which were supported by the committee.

The criteria for participating organizations engaged in collection sharing and exchange within the framework; namely:

  • Validation of library patrons as being eligible as defined by national legislation.
  • Online catalogue available to other GAL members.
  • Adherence to a minimum standard for cataloguing records including work in progress.
  • Registered as a not-for-profit organisation that provides access to alternative format materials.
  • Compliance with copyright restrictions on any materials obtained.

Since this report was released  the trusted intermediary (TI) project has been running in parallel with the Global Accessible library and it was agreed that the two project should merge it was decided to call the project TIGAR (Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources).   
A project manager has been appointed, Andrew Tu, financed by WIPO and the interim standing committee has developed a detailed project plan.
Two agreements have been drafted that must be agreed on before participants can be part of the TIGAR project.  These agreements outline the responsibilities of the participants of TIGAR: Contract supply of electronic files, and Copyright Licence Agreement. Please provide comments and suggestions to the Chair of the LPD section julie.rae@visionaustralia.org 

Performance Measures for Libraries Serving Print Disabled People

This project is undertaken by IFLA Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section (LPD) and Statistics and Evaluation Section (SE) to help libraries serving print disabled people to measure and compare performance for purposes of advocacy or continuous improvement.

Last update: 5 October 2012