The Services to People with Print Disabilities Working Group (SPPD) of the BC Library Association and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) are jointly issuing a survey to people with print disabilities through their networks. The goal is to better understand the needs of people with print disabilities in regard to library services in order to begin building better provincial and federal supports.

The survey will be available until December 19, 2011 Please share this survey link widely.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LibraryServicesForPeopleWithPrintDisabilitySurvey

If you have questions or concerns about the survey, please contact Deb Thomas, Co-chair of SPPD, at 604-436-5432, deb.thomas@bpl.bc.ca or Lori Sutej, consultant with CNIB at Lori.Sutej@cnib.ca

Article by Cassidy Oliver, The Province.

“An interim report released Friday by Community Living B.C. acknowledged that the beleaguered organization had lost “sight of its core values” but came up short in providing concrete solutions on how to address its laundry list of problems.”

Read more at this link.

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