That All May Read: Resources for your Print Disabled Community

Saturday, January 28, 2023

2:10 PM – 2:30 PM

Location: Morial Convention Center, ShopTalk Area A (LLX Marketplace, Hall J)

Do you have patrons who are struggling to read your printed materials and you just don’t have enough audiobooks to fulfil their requests? Learn how talking book and braille libraries can help support those who have a print disability gain access to over 100,000 audiobooks in over 40 languages. Find out what’s available, including equipment for reading audiobooks and braille. Discover ways to work with your local talking book and braille library to make these no cost resources available to your print disabled community.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participants will be able to identify what a “print disability” is.
Upon completion, participants will be able to certify that a person has a “print disability.”
Upon completion, participants will be able to assist people with print disabilities in borrowing audiobooks and braille, including the equipment to read them.
Upon completion, participants will be able to find their local library for the blind and print disabled and discover what their local library offers.

Content Leader(s)

Jennifer Apgar, MLIS (she/her/hers)

Youth Services Librarian
New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Braille Center
Elizabeth Burns, JD, MLIS (she/her/hers)

Head of Reader Services
New Jersey State Library Talking Book and Braille Center