[Travelandtourism] FW: [nabop] BANA Braille Excellence Award Honors Committee that Developed Tactile Graphics Guidelines

[cheryl echevarria]

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> >    Press Release
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> >January 4, 2014­Anniversary of Louis Braille’s Birth
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> >For Immediate Release
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> >CONTACT: Frances Mary D’Andrea, Chair
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> >Braille Authority of North America
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> >Phone: 412-521-5797
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> >Email: <mailto:literacy2 at mindspring.com>literacy2 at mindspring.com
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> >Developers of Tactile Graphics Guidelines and Standards
> >Honored with BANA’s Braille Excellence Award
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> >The international committee that developed the 
> >landmark publication Guidelines and Standards 
> >for Tactile Graphics, 2010 was recently honored 
> >with the Braille Excellence Award from the 
> >Braille Authority of North America (BANA). 
> >CBA-BANA Joint Tactile Graphics Committee, which 
> >was co-sponsored by the Canadian Braille 
> >Authority (CBA) and BANA, received the award on 
> >December 5 in Providence, Rhode Island, in a 
> >showcase session at the 2013 Getting in Touch with Literacy Conference.
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> >The volunteer members of this collaborative 
> >CBA-BANA ad hoc committee donated their time and 
> >talents for nearly a decade, meeting by phone 
> >almost weekly year round. Together, they 
> >defined, refined, and established in writing a 
> >comprehensive, user-friendly set of 
> >research-based guidelines and standards for the 
> >design and production of tactile graphics for braille users.
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> >The members of the CBA-BANA Joint Committee on 
> >Tactile Graphics honored with BANA’s Braille Excellence Award are:
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> >Lucia Hasty, Colorado, USA
> >John McConnell, New Brunswick, Canada
> >Janet Milbury, Nova Scotia, Canada
> >Irene Miller, Alberta, Canada
> >Allison O’Day, Minnesota, USA
> >Aquinas Pather, Ontario, Canada
> >Diane Spence, Texas, USA
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> >The publication of Guidelines and Standards for 
> >Tactile Graphics, 2010, which includes a manual 
> >and an accompanying supplement that contains 
> >hardcopy examples, was approved by BANA in the 
> >fall of 2010. The manual is available free of 
> >charge on the BANA website at 
> ><http://www.brailleauthority.org/tg/index.html>http://www.brailleauthority.org/tg/index.html. 
> >Hardcopy editions of the manual and the 
> >supplement can be purchased from the American Printing House for the Blind.
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> >The BANA Braille Excellence Award was 
> >established in 2009 to commemorate the 
> >bicentenary of Louis Braille's birth by 
> >recognizing individuals and groups who have made 
> >significant contributions to braille. It was 
> >presented to Dr. Abraham Nemeth in 2009 and to Mr. Joseph Sullivan in 2011.
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> >The extraordinary commitment and contribution of 
> >the CBA-BANA Joint Tactile Graphics Committee 
> >will have an immeasurable impact for braille 
> >readers. Their work and dedication are truly 
> >representative of the accomplishments that 
> >BANA’s Braille Excellence Award was designed to recognize.
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> >NOTE: This press release is available in HTML on 
> >the BANA website at 
> ><http://www.brailleauthority.org/pressreleases/pr-2014-1-6.html>http://www.brailleauthority.org/pressreleases/pr-2014-1-6.html. 
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> >For additional resource information, visit 
> ><http://www.brailleauthority.org>www.brailleauthority.org
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> >The Board of BANA consists of appointed 
> >representatives from seventeen member 
> >organizations of braille producers, transcribers, teachers, and consumers.
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> >The mission of the Braille Authority of North 
> >America is to assure literacy for tactile 
> >readers through the standardization of braille and/or tactile graphics.
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> >The purpose of BANA is to promote and to 
> >facilitate the uses, teaching, and production of 
> >braille. Pursuant to this purpose, BANA will 
> >promulgate rules, make interpretations, and 
> >render opinions pertaining to braille codes and 
> >guidelines for the provisions of literary and 
> >technical materials and related forms and 
> >formats of embossed materials now in existence 
> >or to be developed in the future for the use of 
> >blind persons in North America. When 
> >appropriate, BANA shall accomplish these 
> >activities in international collaboration with 
> >countries using English braille. In exercising 
> >its function and authority, BANA shall consider 
> >the effects of its decisions on other existing 
> >braille codes and guidelines, forms and formats; 
> >ease of production by various methods; and acceptability to readers.
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