Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section

Date

22-23 August 2014

Location

Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, Paris, France

Organizers

• IFLA Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section
• BrailleNet
• Sorbonne Universités UPMC

An opportunity for more inclusive libraries.

Conference Objective

The objective of this conference is to explore the 3-dimensional impact of eBooks:

1. on content providers: how to produce content in an accessible eBook format?
2. on libraries: how to provide inclusive services?
3. on readers: how to take advantage of eBooks to facilitate reading?

Find more detail for this call and the conference at http://ifla-lpd2014.braillenet.org

Presentations

Papers may be submitted and presented in English or in French.

Simultaneous translation will be provided during the conference.

Several types of paper will be considered:

• Full Paper (25 min)
• Short Paper (15 min)
• Demonstration or product presentation (by exhibitors)

Proposal

Submissions should include:

• title of the paper or presentation
• abstract fitting in with the topic of the conference (max. 300 words)
• author(s)' name(s) and speaker's name, professional affiliation
• postal address, email address, brief biographical note and photo
• type of paper suggested (Full, Short, Demo, Product)

Please submit your proposals to: submission-ifla-lpd2014@braillenet.org.

Important Dates

All proposals must be in by 1 February 2014.

Proposals will be evaluated by the conference steering group and successful applicants will be informed by 1 April 2014.

Contact

Koen Krikhaar, Chair, Libraries serving Persons with Print Disabilities
E-mail: koenkrikhaar@dedicon.nl

Please note

All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors.

Congress Attendance Grants

The French National Committee and IFLA have worked hard to secure funds for Conference Participation Grants. Up-to-date information will be available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage.