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Dear all,
CPD25 are offering the following ½ day events on making libraries more accessible for disabled users:
Assistive technology, 2/6/08, Kings College (New Hunt's House)
http://www.cpd25.ac.uk/extcalendar/4849
Audience: Disability reps, Librarians, Managers and Educational Technologists responsible or interested in Assistive Technology.
Aims and purpose of the session:
* To provide a forum of discussion on disability and technology;
* To provide information of JISC's TechDis Service;
* To investigate the copyright implications of certain technologies;
* To provide case studies of good practice (ARACU at Oxford, Southampton);
Speakers:
* Sal Cooke at TechDis http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=1
* Linda Robertson (Southampton) on copyright and assistive technology.
* Ruth Harris (Disability Librarian for Oxford University) on assistive technology and ARACU at Oxford.
Providing support for disables users, 12/6/08, Kings College (New Hunt's House)
http://www.cpd25.ac.uk/extcalendar/4856
Audience: Librarians, managers, frontline and specialist staff.
Aims and purpose of the session:
* To provide a forum of discussion on disability;
* To provide examples of good practice in the area of disability support.
Speakers:
* Deb Viney (Disability Advisor at SOAS) on the Disability Equality Duty
* Richard Gray (Queen Mary) on deaf awareness / disability training http://www.deafworks.co.uk/deafworks/staff.htm
* Jo Taplin-Green (LSE) on the 'buddy' system of support at LSE
To book a place on either of these events please contact CPD25 Administrator Suzy Ball ([log in to unmask]).
Kristy
Kristy Widdicombe - BA (Hons), MA, MSc. - [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Academic Liaison Librarian - Epsom (Fashion, FPI, Fashion Journalism, Fashion Management and Marketing, Music and Lifestyle Journalism)
University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester, Ashley Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5BE
Tel: +44 (0)1372 202202 Fax: +44 (0)1372 202457
http://www.ucreative.ac.uk <http://www.ucreative.ac.uk> http://librarycatalogue.ucreative.ac.uk/ <http://librarycatalogue.ucreative.ac.uk/>
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