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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"'> Timony, James (DCPL) [mailto:James.Timony@dc.gov] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 16, 2015 9:35 AM<br><b>To:</b> Timony, James (DCPL)<br><b>Subject:</b> Adaptive Technology (AT) Events at DC Public Library, January - July, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>If you need accommodation to attend these programs, including American Sign Language Interpretation, please contact us as early as possible. Our accommodation statement is: <a href="http://dclibrary.org/node/2095">http://dclibrary.org/node/2095</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'> . </span><span style='color:black'>All events will be held in room 215, Center for Accessibility, at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW, Washington DC, 20001. The library is located between Gallery Place and Metro Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Employment, Entrepreneurship and Technology Series, spring 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Spring 2016</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> at the Center for Accessibility at DC Public Library </span><span style='color:black'>will feature a series of events dedicated to supporting the search for employment, the steps to entrepreneurship, and the use of adaptive technologies for library customers with disabilities. This is a combination of our fall Accessibility Accelerator Series which focused on entrepreneurship, last spring’s Job Club Series which focused on employment, and the previous spring's Maker Series which focused on tools. The Maker Series taught skills like blogging, audio and video production, and computer programming and hardware design. The Job Club taught the steps to employment, including knowing your technologies, knowing your skills, marketing yourself, searching for jobs, doing interviews, and negotiating. The Accelerator Series taught entrepreneurial skills in the areas of adaptive design, life skills, AT training, accessible media and research and development.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>The schedule of events will include the following regularly scheduled events. A list of the Saturday session topics is included following that:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>--</span><span style='color:black'>Saturday Technology Training Sessions (STTS) usually on the first and third Saturdays, 1</span>:00 pm to 4:00 <span style='color:black'>pm, <a href="http://dclibrary.org/node/29711">http://dclibrary.org/node/29711</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>--</span><span style='color:black'>Tech Talk Tuesdays, every Tuesday except the 5th if there is one, 6:30</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'>pm to 8:30</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'>pm: <a href="http://dclibrary.org/node/11406">http://dclibrary.org/node/11406</a> Mobile Accessibility meetup, Employment meetup,</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'>Maker Meetup, Game Night</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>--</span><span style='color:black'>JAWS Training and Friday Lunch and Learn, every Wednesday and Thursday</span>, 10:00 am to 3:15 pm <span style='color:black'>and Friday 12pm to 1pm, contact Patrick at 202-727-1335 or</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:patrick.timony@dc.gov">patrick.timony@dc.gov</a> for details</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>. </span>The <span style='color:black'>Brown Bag Lunch and Learn in room 215 is an opportunity for all library customers interested in adaptive technology to socialize and</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'>share information on adaptive technologies, strategies and resources. Bring your own lunch. There will be no presentations. The meeting is open to everyone. </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>--An <span style='color:black'>Orientation and Mobility Meetup</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>, </span>biweekly<span style='color:black'> (</span>dates and times <span style='color:black'>soon to follow)</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>January 16th - Inclusive Planning, Adaptive Design, and Employment for people with disabilities</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>, f</span><span style='color:black'>eaturing presentations and story sharing by Jason Corning, president of the Metro Washington Association of the DeafBlind</span>, and Janice <span style='color:black'>Forbes, National Federation of the Blind DC Employment Committee: Preparing for a Job Fair and Adaptive Sports and Recreation, and other guests. </span>After the presentations, there will be an Inclusive Planning Session on how the community can use the library’s maker spaces (Fabrication Lab and Studio Lab): <a href="http://dclibrary.org/labsatdcpl"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://dclibrary.org/labsatdcpl</span></a> to support employment and entrepreneurship.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>February 6th - Knowing your Technology: Computer Hardware, Operating Systems, Accessible Mobile Devices, Computer Refurbishin</span>g, and Adaptive Technology with presentaitons by Dennis Courtney of the Capital PC Users Group, and Sarah Whiddon Computer Fix Woman; and other guests<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>February 20th - Knowing your Technology -- Blogging, Social Technologies, What are my skills? What do I like to do? </span>With guests to be announced.<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>March 5th - Life Skills & Orientation Mobility / Marketing strategies (Business Cards, Resume, Elevator pitch), </span>guests to be announced<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>March 19th - Life Skills & Orientation Mobility / Marketing strategies - </span>guests to be announced<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>April 2nd - Accessible Media / Job searching – Agencies, Online, Cold Calls</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>,</span> guests to be announced<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>April 16th - Accessible Media / Job Searching - Garageband, StudioLab, Description, Captioning, Interviews, Dress for Success, mock interviews</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>, </span>guests to be announced<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>May 7th - Research and Development / Interviews – Dress for success, mock interviews</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>, </span>guests to be announced<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>May 21st - Research and Development / Make decisions negotiate salary, continue the search</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>, </span>guests to be announced<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>June 4th - Open<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>June 18th - Open<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>July 16th - Open / Entrepreneurial Demonstrations and Show and Tell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Please note there is no public parking at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library. Paid parking is available in public lots in the neighborhood and there is limited meter parking on the street. Two subway stations – Gallery Place (Red, Yellow, Green lines, exit at 9th and G) and Metro Center (Red, Orange, Blue, Silver lines, exit at 11th and G) - are within a block or two from the library. Several city bus routes (X2, 42, 43, D1, D3, D6, P3, G8, 80, 81, S2, S4, 52, 54, 70, 71, 79) are also within a few blocks of the library. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>James Patrick Timony<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Librarian, Adaptive Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>DC Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>202-727-1335<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>