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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> James (DCPL) Timony [mailto:James.Timony@dc.gov] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 23, 2011 5:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> Brown, Debbie<br><b>Subject:</b> December Programs in the Adaptive Services Division<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A schedule of December programs in the Adaptive Services Division, MLK library. Directions and details at the bottom of this email.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>December 3<sup>rd</sup> , 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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>December 3<sup>rd</sup>, Braille Book Club for Kids, 11am to 12pm, room 215<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>December 3<sup>rd</sup>, American Sign Language Story Hour, 11am to 12pm, Children’s Division, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>December 3<sup>rd</sup>, Deaf Education and American Sign Language, 1pm to 3pm, Great Hall<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>December 5<sup>th</sup> – Maker Mondays, 6pm to 8pm, room 215 – experiment with Talking Communities and other technologies for remote participation, Kevin Johnson, Red Cross<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>December 6<sup>th</sup> – Tech Talk Tuesdays, 6pm to 8pm – Introduction to iPhone, iPad, iTouch and other mobile, gestural accessibility, open to all levels<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>December 20<sup>th</sup> – AccessibilityDC meetup 6:30pm to 8:30pm, room 215<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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 <a href="mailto:Christopher.Corrigan@dc.gov">Christopher.Corrigan@dc.gov</a> .<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Adaptive Services home page is here: <a href="http://www.dclibrary.org/services/adaptiveservices">http://www.dclibrary.org/services/adaptiveservices</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Accommodation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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: <a href="mailto:lbph.dcpl@dc.gov">lbph.dcpl@dc.gov</a> 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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>James Patrick Timony<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Librarian, Adaptive Technology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>DC Public Library<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Adaptive Services Division, Room 215<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>901 G Street, NW<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Washington DC, 20001<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:patrick.timony@dc.gov">patrick.timony@dc.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>202-727-1335<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Join Mayor Gray’s One City • One Hire - 10,000 Jobs Campaign</span></strong><span style='color:black'> <br>“Putting District Residents Back to Work – One Hire at a Time”<br>Learn more at <a href="http://onecityonehire.org">http://onecityonehire.org</a></span><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Support the DC One Fund Campaign, Each One Give One.</span></strong><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Learn more at </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.dconefund.org"><span style='color:black'>www.dconefund.org</span></a></span><span style='color:black'> or </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.onefund.dc.gov"><span style='color:black'>www.onefund.dc.gov</span></a></span><span style='color:black'>. One City, Working Together!</span><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>