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Another ALA resolution:
At the 2007 Midwinter Conference, ALA Council Referred, CD#38, Resolution on Accessible Digitization Projects Resolution to ASCLA and
requested a report at the 2007 Annual Conference. ASCLA offers this
Amendment to CD #38
Accessible Digitization Projects Resolution:
WHEREAS, ALA Policy 54.3.2 states that “library materials must be accessible to all patrons including people with disabilities”; [...]

Below, the full text of the successful ALA resolution:
Resolution on Funding for the National Library Service
WHEREAS, Since 1931, the United States Congress has supported a national library accessible to people who are blind, and
WHEREAS, In 1966, Congress authorized the Library of Congress’ National Library Service to provide Talking Books services to all persons who [...]

The competing project that is seeking funding is a modification of House office space. When a legislator (sorry this isn’t C-SPAN so I don’t know who’s who) said Congress should be funding NLS, not “ourselves.” Not to be dissuaded, a Minnesota legislator decided to play us against each other by bringing up the lack of [...]

Updating this important story from Planet of the Blind and Wheelie Catholic, I’m pleased to report that responsible people in the American Library Association are taking action to advocate for full funding of the NLS Talking Book service. ALA is a big ol’ bureaucracy, but we can sometimes respond quickly and decisively on urgent [...]

A professional colleague emails to say:
Background:
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), a division of the Library of Congress, is at a crucial juncture in the project of switching the format of talking books and their playback equipment from 4-track cassette tapes to digital flash memory cartridges. Cassettes were first introduced [...]

Just finished listening to an excellent SaintCast, featuring a profile of Jerome Lejeune. Dr. Lejeune was a physician and a geneticist who discovered the specific genetic duplication that causes Down Syndrome (trisomy 21). It was his intention to help children with Down Syndrome (then called Mongolism) by facilitating a cure for the condition; sadly, his [...]

Everyone who travels with a wheelchair has a story — perhaps many stories — about how it got smashed, lost, or disassembled by the airlines.
Tuesday it was my turn. My scooter arrived with its adjustable handle detached, and the separate parts (at least most of them) piled neatly on the seat. The baggage supervisor arrived and [...]

Been away from the office for a few days, and not connected to the Internet. Didn’t even get very twitchy.
I am glad that I have no broken wheelchair stories to report, and that I now know how to negotiate the DC Metro when the station elevator is broken.
Much happening and much to think about… hope [...]

“Please excuse [TVS] for being absent from school; she was picketing the Federal Building.”
As it turned out, Mom didn’t get to write that note for me, although we were both looking forward to it. For some reason, school was out that day? It must be a trick of memory, because I would have sworn the [...]

Tasteless humor: It’s not just for Don Imus anymore. Below, a reproduction of a press release from the National Center on Independent Living.
Boycott Hate
On Monday, April 16th, 2007 Center for Independent Living of North Central Florida staff at the Ocala branch office received a call from a consumer who was concerned about a street sign [...]