[IFLA-LPD] Symposium on Barrier Free Access to Digital Information on February 11

Dear members of the IFLA LPD section,

 

You are cordially invited to a one day symposium on Barrier Free Access to Digital Information in Leipzig.

This symposium is organised and sponsored by the German Central Library for the Blind (DZB) in Leipzig.

Many members of the Standing Committee of your LPD section will be present, since the Symposium takes place on February the 11^th, right after the midyear meeting of the Standing Committee at DZB on 9^th and 10^th of February.  As you may know these SC meeting are open to you all to come and observe and ask questions.

 

I recommend to come this high level and informative symposium in the beautiful city of Leipzig.

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However, detailed information on hotel and transportation is available. Please write an email to Christiana Felsman at Christiane.Felsmann@dzb.de or to me at koenkrikhaar@dedicon.nl .

 

It would be great if we could meet and share information during these events!

Kind regards,

 

Koen Krikhaar

Chair of IFLA section LPD

m: +31 (0)653 612 169

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Symposium on Barrier Free Access to Digital Information

 

Date 11 February 2015

Venue Villa Rosenthal, Humboldtstr. 1, 04105 Leipzig

(3 minutes walking distance from DZB at Gustav-Adolph-Strasse 7, 04105 Leipzig)

 

Time 10:00  am to 3:30 pm

 

Program

 

9:30 am Registration

 

10 - 10:30 am

·         Opening Thomas Kahlisch (Director DZB Leipzig)

·         N. N. (Minister of Science and the Art, State of Saxony): Welcome Address – to be confirmed

 

10:30 am - 12:30 pm

·         Koen Krikhaar (LPD section Chair): Libraries for the Print Disabled – Organization and Manifesto

·         Elke Dittmer (MEDIBUS Chair): MEDIBUS – Libraries for the Print Disabled in the German-speaking Countries

·         Wolfgang Angermann (President of the European Blind Union): Make the Wonder of Marrakesh Become True in Europe!

·         Michael Seadle (Humboldt University Berlin): Access to Information for Persons with Dyslexia

 

12:30 - 1:15 pm Lunch

 

1:15 - 3:30 pm

·         Bernhard Heinser (Access for All): EPUB 3 and Accessible ICT - A Momentum

·         Edmar Schutt (Dedicon): EDUPUB – a Key Format to Improve Access to None Fiction Literature

·         Gerhard Weber (Dresden University of Technology): Access to Tactile Information for Blind Students

·         Roswitha Borer Amoroso (SBS Swiss Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled): Buch-knacker – Download platform for audio-books and e-books especially designed for children with dyslexia – a case study.

·         Martin Schulze (DZB Leipzig): Using EPUB 3 for Barrier-free Access to Digital Information

 

3:30 pm End of Symposium

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