[Md-sligo] FW: December Programs in the Adaptive Services Division

[Brown, Debbie]

From: James (DCPL) Timony [mailto:James.Timony at dc.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 5:42 PM
To: Brown, Debbie
Subject: December Programs in the Adaptive Services Division

A schedule of December programs in the Adaptive Services Division, MLK library.  Directions and details at the bottom of this email.

December 3rd , Saturday Technology Training Session, 1pm to 3pm, room 215 - Richard Krafsig of TCS Associates demos the Orabis Read-Aloud text reader CCTV, a read-aloud text reader and a magnifier in one device, and the Braille Pen, a Braille display and Braille keyboard that works with iOs devices, as well as JAWS, System Access, Talks, Mobile Speak, has Bluetooth, connects to phone, netbook, PC or PDA, write SMS, does 6 key entry.  After the Saturday Session guests are welcome to visit the Open Data Hackathon in the  LibraryLab space on the first floor.  The Open Data Hackathon is a gathering of citizens in cities around the world to write applications, liberate data, and publish analyses using open public data to show support for and encourage the adoption open data policies by the world's local, regional and national governments.

December 3rd, Braille Book Club for Kids, 11am to 12pm, room 215

December 3rd, American Sign Language Story Hour, 11am to 12pm, Children's Division,

December 3rd, Deaf Education and American Sign Language, 1pm to 3pm, Great Hall

December 5th - Maker Mondays, 6pm to 8pm, room 215  - experiment with Talking Communities and other technologies for remote participation, Kevin Johnson, Red Cross

December 6th - Tech Talk Tuesdays, 6pm to 8pm - Introduction to iPhone, iPad, iTouch and other mobile, gestural accessibility, open to all levels

December  20th - AccessibilityDC meetup 6:30pm to 8:30pm, room 215

Saturday Technology Training Sessions are usually on the first and third Saturdays of each month from 1pm to 4pm in room 215, Adaptive Services Division of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.  They focus on the topic of adaptive technology as it relates to employment for people with disabilities.  The library is located at 901 G Street, NW Washington DC 20001, across the street from the 9th street exit of the Gallery Place Chinatown Metro stop, or two blocks from Metro Center.  There is no public parking at the MLK Library.

The Adaptive Technology (AT) Program provides AT workstations for library customers who need them.  The workstations are located in the Adaptive Services Division, Room 215.  Customers can call ahead and reserve two-hour sessions.  Introductory training on Adaptive Technologies is available through our Adaptive Technology trainer, Chris Corrigan.  Please contact him at Christopher.Corrigan at dc.gov<mailto:Christopher.Corrigan at dc.gov> .
The Adaptive Services home page is here: http://www.dclibrary.org/services/adaptiveservices

Accommodation
If you have questions about physical access, need handouts in alternate format, or require American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation or other reasonable accommodation, please contact Venetia V. Demson, Chief, Adaptive Services, by e-mail: lbph.dcpl at dc.gov<mailto:lbph.dcpl at dc.gov> or telephone: 202-727-2142, or Janice Rosen by videophone: 202-559-5368 or Sorenson video relay service 1-866-570-7364; Monday -Tuesday, Noon to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday - Friday 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.  Please request accommodation as early as possible, but at least seven days in advance of the meeting.


James Patrick Timony
Librarian, Adaptive Technology
DC Public Library
Adaptive Services Division, Room 215
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street, NW
Washington DC, 20001
patrick.timony at dc.gov<mailto:patrick.timony at dc.gov>
202-727-1335


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