Check out the VSA website to learn more about the conference:
WWW.Visitorstudies.org. It's all about what people are doing regarding
visitor studies in informal educational sites. The call for papers and
workshops is out and the deadline is December 15th.

We have had several sessions about accessibility issues for people with
disabilities, but never one that addressed what's being done abroad. If any
of you would like to form a panel, I could  put together a session combining
European (or British), American and Canadian perspectives.
Ellen

On 11/7/06 4:53 AM, "Juliette Fritsch" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Sounds very interesting!  What would it involve?
> 
>>>> [log in to unmask] 11/07/06 4:39 am >>>
> Would any of you be interested in coming to the Visitor Studies
> Conference
> in Ottawa, CA, July 19-21, to be on a panel in a session on
> accessibility in
> museums?
> 
> Ellen Giusti
> Museum Visitor Studies Consultant
> New York NY
> Phone: 212 876-1425
> Fax: 212 427-7142
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/6/06 1:19 PM, "Nicola Bell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Juliette
>> 
>> Thank you very much for this link - lots of useful information
> there!
>> 
>> Best wishes
>> 
>> Nicola
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Juliette Fritsch" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 4:17 PM
>> Subject: Re: evaluations with people with disabilities
>> 
>> 
>>> We've recently won an accessibility award and it was in part due to
> the
>>> visitor studies we've done.  You can access most of our reports
> on-line
>>> at http://www.vam.ac.uk/res_cons/research/visitor/index.html
>>> There is particularly a 2005 one 'INterpretation for Visitors with
>>> Visual Impairment' in the Learning and Interpretation section you
> might
>>> be interested in.
>>> 
>>> Juliette Fritsch
>>> Head of Gallery Interpretation, Evaluation and Resources
>>> Victoria and Albert Museum
>>> Cromwell Road
>>> South Kensington
>>> London
>>> SW7 2RL
>>> Tel: 020 7942 2805
>>> Fax: 020 7942 2193
>>> 
>>>>>> [log in to unmask] 11/03/06 1:03 pm >>>
>>> Please can anyone provide examples of good practice for carrying
> out
>>> evaluations (in the museum and heritage field) with people who have
>>> visual or hearing impairments or learning disabilities?
>>> 
>>> Thank you very much!
>>> 
>>> Best wishes
>>> 
>>> Nicola
>>> 
>>> Nicola Bell
>>> museums~heritage~lifelong learning
>>> Carr Cottage, Great Bavington, Northumberland, NE19 2BN, UK
>>> Tel / Fax  +44 (0)1830 540350
>>> [log in to unmask]
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