[Greater-baltimore] Judy Dixon wants reservations for this Thursday BANA meeting at NCB
Rovig, Lorraine
LRovig at nfb.org
Mon Oct 31 14:02:23 UTC 2011
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Subject: [BANA-Announce] BANA Announces... [2 items]
Press Release October 2011
For Immediate Release
CONTACT: Judy Dixon, Chair
Braille Authority of North America
Phone: 202-707-0722;
Email: jdix at loc.gov
ITEM 1: BANA will meet on November 3-6, 2011, in
Baltimore, MD. Guests are invited to attend BANA
Board meetings and to observe the deliberations.
The Board's agenda includes reports from all of
BANA's committees as well as from September's
World Congress Braille 21 conference in Leipzig,
Germany. If you are interested in attending the
BANA meeting, please contact Chair Judy Dixon to reserve space.
Item 2: BANA Publishes Part Two of Article on the Evolution of Braille
The Braille Authority of North America (BANA)
has recently released the second segment of a
three-part article on the evolution of braille.
In this piece, BANA focuses on the complexities
of code building as well as on current
challenges in transcription, translation, and backtranslation of braille.
Parts One and Two of "The Evolution of Braille:
Can the Past Help Plan the Future?" are now
posted on the BANA website at:
<http://www.brailleauthority.orghttp://www.brailleauthority.org.
The final segment of this significant article
will be released in early December. BANA will
announce its publication through press releases and email announcements.
Follow BANA's work via BANA-Announce, a one-way
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and follow the directions in the confirmation email.
The mission and purpose of the Braille Authority
of North America are to assure literacy for
tactile readers through the standardization of
braille and/or tactile graphics. BANA promotes
and facilitates the use, teaching, and
production of braille. It publishes rules,
interprets, and renders opinions pertaining to
braille in all existing codes. It deals with
codes now in existence or to be developed in the
future, in collaboration with other countries
using English braille. In exercising its
function and authority, BANA considers the
effects of its decisions on other existing
braille codes and formats; the ease of
production by various methods; and acceptability to readers.
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