[Md-sligo] Fw: update

[Debbie Brown]

This is from Jill Lewis, chair of the Montgomery County Library Accessibility Advisory Committee.  Thanks to everyone who helped make our event a success.

I would be happy to have any ideas about announcing the availability of braille books to parents and teachers.  We want to make sure these collections get used.

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jill Lewis 
To: Amy Fier ; Betty ; Bobby Bobo ; Christopher ; Debbie ; Ellen Schall ; Francie Gilman ; Jane Sheehan ; Jill Lewis ; Marcie ; Mark Dubnick ; Melika ; Monica ; Monica2 ; Richard ; Rita ; Steven 
Cc: Robyn Watts ; 'Hamilton, Parker' ; Kathleen Reedy ; 'Greene, Nancy (DGS)' ; 'Luecking, Betsy' 
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 3:55 PM
Subject: update


Dear AAC Members,

Congratulations to Debbie Brown on a very successful Louis Braille birthday celebration. The event was well attended, and several state and local dignitaries addressed the crowd.

At the celebration Director Parker Hamilton recognized AAC members and announced two important pieces of information. The first is that 91 Braille titles have been ordered for the library system with 12 copies per title to be distributed to 6 branches. The breakdown of titles is 48 picture books, 24 children's nonfiction and 19 children's fiction titles. Items will be cataloged and distributed as soon as they are received. 

The following branches will receive 2 copies of each title: Bethesda, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Rockville, and Silver Spring.  The following branches will receive 1 copy of each title: Marilyn Praisner, and Olney.

 

Parker's second announcement is that she received authorization to create a new position, Program Manager II, to assist with capital projects and services for individuals with disabilities. Responsibilities, in part, include monitoring, coordinating, and evaluating new and existing accessible services with emphasis on assistive technologies, Accessibility Center services, programming and outreach to relevant communities.

 

Parker let me know that her request for the position came in part from the need to address the many excellent ideas generated by our committee. She will attend our March 2 meeting and will be glad to answer questions about the position and the Braille collections. 

Thank you AAC members. We are helping to create a more accessible library system. 

Best, Jill 

 

 

 

 

 



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