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March 2008 - Posts
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Are you familiar with the InfantSEE program? The program website is http://infantsee.org/ . The website states, "The American Optometric Association encourages parents to include a trip to the optometrist in the list of well-baby check-ups. Assessments Read More...
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There is a good article about accessibility of virtual online worlds, such as Second Life, in AFB's March AccessWorld. (Lots of good articles in the March edition... be sure to check out the others too!) The article is titled Exploring Methods of Accessing Read More...
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You might be interested in this upcoming audio description workshop on on OPAL/Online Programming for All Libraries.... (and you don't have to be a librarian to attend... everyone is welcome!) Here's more info from the email from Tom Peters/ TAP Information Read More...
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American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)'s March AccessWorld has an article discussing Web 2.0 from an accessibility perspective. The article is titled Untangling the Web - Surfing into the Future: An Introduction to Web 2.0 and is written by Stephanie Read More...
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The 2008 Kansas Governor's Conference on Aging Services will be held on May 7 - 8 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel and Maner Conference Center in Topeka, Kansas. The keynote speakers will be Frank Burns, Deputy Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary Read More...
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Thanks to Brenda Hough, I just learned that there is an interview ( LISTen: The LISNews.org Podcast -- Episode #14 ) about Library Camp Kansas at http://www.lisnews.org/node/29572 . LISNews website says, "Josh Neff of Johnson County Library spoke with Read More...
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Last Wednesday I attended Library Camp Kansas at Kansas State University in Manhattan, which was a library "unconference." It was a great success! Check out the Library Camp wiki at http://librarycampks.wetpaint.com/ . The sessions were fun, and there Read More...
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Did any of you follow the Canada Reads 2008? You can read more about it at http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/ . This year's winner was King Leary by Paul Quarrington. The website at http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/about.html states, "Canada Reads is a week-long Read More...
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Are you familiar with the Sight Exchange group? It's a Yahoo group that helps people easily give and receive low vision-related items, all for free. The direct link to join the group is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sightexchange/ . The Sight Exchange Read More...
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Be sure to check out the news story Artwork by Visually Impaired, Deaf Children on Display at http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=59629 . It talks about the artwork that South Carolina State Library's Talking Book Services Library is displaying, Read More...
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The Washington Post recently had an article titled Library Takes 'Talking Books' Digital at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030402485.html?wpisrc=newsletter . It talks about the NLS transition to digital books and Read More...
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For all the Victor Reader Stream users out there.... Victor Reader Stream Version 1.2 has finally been released! To get the update, go to http://www.humanware.com/en-usa/support/victor_reader_stream To see what's new in this version, go to http://tinyurl.com/2dstb4 Read More...
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On February 19, 2008, Kansas Public Radio had a brief news story on Talking Books and a patron from Talking Books. In case you missed it, you can listen to the story online at http://kansaspublicradio.org/newsstory.php?itemID=6501 (February 19 is the Read More...
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Have you heard of the Blind Planet? It's at http://www.blind-planet.com/ The site states its mission as following: "Our mission is to provide the world with a one-stop resource for blindness-related information, podcasts, tutorials, mailing lists, web Read More...
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On March 20, 2008, at 2 p.m. Eastern time, there will be a free EASI webinar: Updating NLS Library of Congress Uses of Digital Book Formats. The presenters will be Lloyd Rasmussen, Acting Head, Engineering Section, National Library Service for the Blind Read More...
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I received the following email today from Alice L. Hagemeyer, Director of the National Literary Society of the Deaf: On Thursday, March 13, 2008 from 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon, the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress, in partnership with the National Read More...
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