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Improving Library Services for People with Disabilities
By Donna DiMichele | August 27, 2012
Accessibility to library services is an issue that touches all libraries and their employees. the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) can help educate your library about accessibility with its online course “Improving Library Services for People with Disabilities”.
The information in this course is vital for all levels of staff–from the part-time aide checking out library materials, to the library director determining policies. Cultivating staff skills and positive attitudes surrounding library and resource accessibility are crucial for a satisfactory library experience.
During this course, participants will:
- identify library users with disabilities at their library and the resources and assistive technologies available to assist them;
- examine changes in attitudes, laws and technologies that have impacted people with disabilities;
- recommend changes in personal and organizational behaviors to improve services for people with disabilities at their library.
Registration
Individuals: Register online now for this course. Registration starts at $130 for ASCLA members.
Group registration rates: Download the group registration form. More information is at the ASCLA online learning page. Two or more registrants from the same library, library system or network will save 15% on their registration rates.
This course is taught by Kate Todd, who has worked as a children’s librarian for The New York Public Library and as emerging technologies librarian for Manhattanville College. At Manhattanville College, she taught “Technology for Special Education” in the graduate school of education. She has also taught several online courses for the Association of Library Services to Children (ALSC), including “Children with Disabilities in the Library”.
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