For your information. Any questions or response should go to Helen Brazier (for details see below). Thanks. Barbara Stratton Senior Policy Adviser CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, UK CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE Tel: +44 (0)20 7255 0500 Fax: +44 (0)20 7255 0501 E-mail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Web: www.cilip.org.uk<http://www.cilip.org.uk/> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [IFLA-L] Call for papers from public libraries Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 16:39:14 +0300 From: Minna von Zansen <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Call for papers from public libraries *Partnerships for print disabled people: publishers and public libraries* *IFLA Libraries for the Blind Section conference, Belgium/Netherlands, 17-20 August 2009* This conference will highlight the importance of delivering library services for print disabled people and show you how to improve your services through co-operation and partnership. On the second full day of the conference, we will focus on public libraries and plan to feature many short examples of best practice in supporting print disabled people. Have you developed and delivered an innovative service for blind, partially sighted, dyslexic or other print disabled people? Why did you do it? What was different about it? Who was involved? What happened? Could you inform and inspire an international audience in just 15 minutes? If you're interested in participating in this session, please e-mail a summary of your project, in English, answering the questions above in max. 300 words, to Helen Brazier [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> by 30 October 2008. Please supply your name, contact details and brief credentials. Proposals will be evaluated by the conference steering group and successful applicants will be informed by 31 December 2008. There will also be opportunities to participate in workshops and a poster exhibition. Regrettably we cannot offer to pay expenses although there are usually some grants available to support delegates from developing countries Posted on the behalf of IFLA LBS by Minna von Zansen, Joint information Co-ordinator --- Minna von Zansen Palvelupäällikkö / Servicechef Celia-kirjasto/biblioteket PL/PB 20, 00030 IIRIS (Marjaniementie 74, Helsinki) (Maruddsvägen 74, Helsingfors) Tel: (09) 2295 2231 Fax: (09) 2295 2295 E-mail: [log in to unmask] www.celialib.fi