New Date!
Shellie Zeigler, Director of the Blind and Physically Handicapped Library Services of the Mississippi Library Commission,will share her experiences and offer an overview of services available to library users. She will review current technology and services, like the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped , and share how library staff in public, academic and special libraries can help an impaired person find the resources they need. Shellie will also explore and review other resources that may be offered and implemented for the physically and visually impaired. The session will close with a review and reflection upon how our information rich community of cultural institutions can increase access for disabled users in the future, and what the future scope of services for the disabled might be.
After this session, participants will:
- Understand what the Blind and Physically Handicapped Library Services is and what we provide.
Know more about the National Library Service for the Blind, and how its services can greatly improve a visually or physically impaired person's life Implement ideas for helping the blind and physically disabled in a library (be it public, academic or special) to find what they need Identify other resources and services to offer and implement for the physically and visually impaired Reflect upon how we as an information community will increase the number of disabled users we reach, and what future services might be offered
Host: Russell Palmer
Presenter: Shellie Zeigler, Director of the Blind and Physically Handicapped Library Services of the Mississippi Library Commission
Date: September 13, 2013
Time: 12:30-2:00 ET
For more information and to register, click here.
