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-- From: Brenda Bailey-Hainer, ASCLA President <[email protected]> >Subject: Accessibility design challenges: A Midwinter workshop to answer all >your questions >To: naglax...@yahoo. com >Date: Tuesday, 10 November, 2009, 2:00 > > >Dear LAXMAN RAO, > >Are you looking for low cost, high impact ways to make your library fully >accessible? Are you wondering how to incorporate physical and information >accessibility into your strategic plan or a future building renovation or >expansion? > >Patrons are coming to libraries in record numbers, discovering the wonderful >resources available there. Let us help you create a space that will >accommodate all of these patrons, including those with functional > differences. > >The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), >together with the Institute for Human-Centered Design (IHCD), is hosting >“Breaking Down Barriers: Best Practices in Universal Design for Libraries”, an >important workshop where you’ll gain practical knowledge about creating a >library that is accessible for all. This unique event will be held Friday, >Jan. 15, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at IHCD, 200 Portland Street, Suite 1, Boston, >in conjunction with ALA’s Midwinter Meeting. > >At this event, you’ll: >--Learn how to create physical and information spaces that are accessible to >all patrons regardless of their abilities. >--Talk to peers who are facing similar accessibility challenges in their >libraries. >--Hear from experts on best practices in accessibility, including speakers >from CAST, the Perkins School’s Braille and Talking Book Library, The Carroll >Center, the Massachusetts Commission for > the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and the WGBH National Center for Accessible > Media (NCAM). >--Have an opportunity to present your universal design challenge and receive >on-the-spot consultation, including potential solutions. > >Register for this event now! You’ll find it listed under Institutes and >Ticketed Events in the online registration form at www.ala.org/ midwinter. Use >Event Code “ASC2” when registering by mail. > >Not attending the Midwinter Meeting? Don’t worry--you can register for just >this event at www.ala.org/ midwinter. Select “Institutes and Ticketed Events >Only” as your registration type, then add “Breaking Down Barriers” to your >event list on the following page. > >If you are personally unable to attend this event, please consider sending a >representative from your library—we don’t want you to miss out on this unique >experience. > >Sincerely, >Brenda Bailey-Hainer >ASCLA > President > > > > > >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > >You've subscribed to the American Library Association (http://www.ala. org) >communications. For best delivery, please add [email protected] to your address >book or safe sender list. >50 E Huron, Chicago, IL 60611, USA >To review the Privacy Policy under which this email was sent, go to >http://www.ala. org/ala/home/ privacystatement .htm >To review our Acceptable Use Policy, go to >http://maildogmanag er.com/acceptabl e_use_policy. html >To unsubscribe or > manage your Subscription Preferences, simply go to >http://maildogmanag er.com/unsub. html?client= >ala1&campaign=763&email=naglaxman@ yahoo.com >Crafted and delivered by the American Library Association' s Mail Dog >(http://maildogmanager.com) > > > __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: * New Members 5 * New Polls 1 * New Files 1 Visit Your Group Start a New Topic MARKETPLACE Mom Power: Discover the community of moms doing more for their families, for the world and for each other Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
