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Library Services to People with Special Needs Annual Session: “Accessibility: High Tech for Access”

The program will start with presentations to introduce access technology products, software and devices. Participants will then visit a "Technology Petting Zoo," where people (companies...

Event - 30 May 2013 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Acquisitions, Audiovisual and multimedia, Best practice, Digital divide, Digital resources, Disadvantaged people, Education, Education and training, Electronic delivery, Electronic resources, Future of libraries, Programme, Services to people with disabilities, Services to the visually impaired, Singapore, Social inclusion, Library Services to People with Special Needs

From Presentation To Publication

Seven papers that were presented at our LSN Satellite Program on "Libraries and The Homeless" presented in Tallinn, Estonia in August 2012 will be published in a special issue by Emerald...

News - 15 April 2013 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Disadvantaged people, Information literacy, Information professionals, Library as place, Poverty, Library Services to People with Special Needs

IFLA Professional Committee Funds LSN's 2013 Project on Dyslexia

I am very pleased to ANNOUNCE that the IFLA Professional Committee agreed to fund a project proposed by our Section for 2013: The Revision/New Edition of IFLA Professional Report no. 70 Guidelines...

News - 30 January 2013 (created)

Tagged: Awards, Disadvantaged people, Guidelines, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Oslo satellite conference 2010

"WITH THE RIGHT TO READ" Oslo IFLA pre-conference on reading August 7th - 9th  2010    IFLA satellite conference on Reading for all - a question of equal access,...

Informational Page - 21 July 2009 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Digital divide, Disadvantaged people, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Reading, Services to people with disabilities, Services to the visually impaired, Library Services to People with Special Needs