Conference Session 104

Steps towards a global accessible library

Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

Congress track 5: Ideas, innovations, anticipating the new.

13 August 2012 13:45 - 15:45 | Room: Session Room 6

  • Solving the "Book Famine"
    Keynote speaker: STEPHEN KING (President, Daisy Consortium, Peterborough, United Kingdom)
  • Can mainstream e-publishing become accessible? EPUB3, DAISY4 and convergence: Impact on accessible publishing
    BILL MCCOY (International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), USA)
  • Invitation to the feast: developing accessible e-book services in UK public libraries
    HELEN BRAZIER (Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), Manchester, United Kingdom)
  • E-reading without screens: summarizing personal experiences from end-users with e-book readers
    VARJU LUCENO (Daisy Consortium, Missoula, Montana, USA) and 2 expert users from Finland (Finnish Association of the Blind, Finland)

Last update: 16 August 2012