Discover how to succcessfully meet the needs of disabled users in:
The Enabling Library
A Library Association workshop on 26 September, in London
Disabled people have as many and varied library needs as anyone else, but
because there are so many kinds of motor and sensory impairment, their
physical and other access needs must be met in many different ways.
In all types of library there are excellent examples of services which meet
the needs of a particular group of disabled readers but there are relatively
few libraries which adequately and appropriately satisfy everyone who has a
disability.
How will this event help you?
This practical workshop will consider issues such as physical access for
wheelchair users, making information accessible to visually impaired people,
and meeting the needs of people with hearing impairment. There will be
opportunities to share experience, to look critically at what is already
being done in participants' own library information services, as well as to
think about ways of improving those services.
By you end of the day you will be:
* Aware of the range of motor and sensory impairments
* Able to identify the different needs of people with different
disabilities
* Able to identify best practice in service provision
* Able to identify financial and other help for developing services
Who will benefit from attending?
The workshop is designed for anyone planning or providing services to
disabled users.
Programme
9.00 Registration and coffee
9.30 Introduction and objectives
9.45 Understanding disability
Types of disability - physical, motor, sensory, hearing and
visual.
Medical and social models. DDA definitions
11.00 Coffee
11.15 Group work (experience of disability, the social environment) The
effects of language, avoiding offence, policies and practice)
12.00 The accessible environment. Layout, colour, IT solutions
1.00 Lunch
2.30 Issues in service development (group work) alongside, special,
housebound, postal/telephone, IT links staff training, sensitivity,
language, avoiding stereotypes, equipment
3.15 Tea
3.30 Developing services - finding, help from local access groups
4.15 Improving current practice (group work)
4.45 Overview and summary
5.00 Close
Workshop Leader
Dr. Gill Burrington has worked in public and academic libraries, in higher
education and in industry and was LA President in 1994. She chairs THE ADAPT
(Access for Disabled People in Arts Premises Today) Trust and is on the
Council of the National Library for the Blind. She regularly runs the
management skills workshop for The Library Association's CPD programme.
Fees
LA Personal members £120 plus VAT (£21.00) £141.00
LA Institutional members £143 plus VAT (£25.03) £168.03
Non members £168 plus VAT (£29.40) £197.40
LA Students/unwaged members £25 plus VAT (£4.37) £29.37
How to book
To make a confirmed booking simply complete the booking form below and
return it by fax to Professional Development on 020 7255 0561.
Alternatively, to provisionally book a place please call us on 020 7255 0560
N.B. Please note that due to building work at LAHQ there will unfortunately
be no lifts available from 17th April until the end of September. Those
booking for Library Association courses should be aware that the only means
of access to all facilities at LAHQ during this period will be via stairs.
This could mean having to ascend and descend 43 stairs at least 7 times
during the day for coffee, lunch tea and comfort breaks. We appreciate that
this may cause some difficulty and apologise for any inconvenience that this
may cause.
bookingform
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Please return to:
Professional Development, LA Enterprises, The Library Association, 7
Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE
or fax us on 020 7255 0561.
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