Training for library staff on services to people with disabilities

Authors

  • Deb Thomas BCLA

Abstract

Margarete Wiedemann, Chair of the Special Needs Interest Group (SNIG); Shelley Hourston with the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD); and Deb Thomas, Co-chair, Services to People with Print Disabilities Working Group (SPPD) have recently applied for a Vancouver Foundation Grant to create a toolkit that will provide the resources needed to present in-person and online courses on services to people with disabilities for library staff. 

Author Biography

Deb Thomas, BCLA

Deb Thomas is Deputy Chief Librarian of Burnaby Public Library and has been working with the Services to People with Print Disabilities Working Group of BCLA for the past 3 years.

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Published

2013-10-27

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