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2017 Midlands/Northern Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, June 6-8 (Pre-Conference Tour, June 5)
3 PM: Tour Departs from The Graduate
Library of Michigan Tour
Michigan's Regional: Braille and Talking Book Library Tour, (h’orderves to be served)
8 PM: Tour Returns to The Graduate
7-9 PM: Early Registration (AADL Front Lobby)
7:15 PM: AADL Tour 1 (Front Lobby)
8 PM: AADL Tour 2 (Front Lobby)
8-10 AM: Registration & Continental Breakfast (AADL Front Lobby)
9:15 AM: Welcome & Roll Call of the States
10 AM: HathiTrust: Making 14M+ Books Accessible to the Blind & Print-Disabled Presented by MICHAEL FURLOUGH, Executive Director, HathiTrust
10:45 AM: Library Services to People With Print Disabilities - Today and Tomorrow Presented by KAREN KENNINGER, Director, NLSBPH, Library of Congress, and Chair, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Section on Libraries Serving Persons With Print Disabilities
11:40 AM: Spark!
11:45 AM: Lunch on Your Own
1:15 PM: NLS and Multi-State Center East Updates and Q & A Presented by VICKIE COLLINS, Head of Network Services Section, NLSBPH, PAMELA DAVENPORT, Network Consultant, NLSBPH, and JACKIE CONNER, Vice President, Multi-State Center East
2:15 PM: NLS Standards Revisions Presented by EURA SZUWALKSI, Project Director, NLSBPH Standards Revision. The revision of the 2011 Standards and Guidelines of Service for the Library of Congress Network of Libraries for the Blind and Physically Handicapped started in late 2015 and is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2017. Singe the last standards were developed, there have been a number of significant changes in the operation of Network libraries and in the development and use of new technologies. The second draft, which was distributed via email in March 2017, represents a new approach to the Standards and Guidelines for network service providers of the NLS service. This presentation will provide an overview of changes from the current 2011 edition and allow for questions on the second draft.
3 PM: Spark!
3:05 PM: Break
3:15 PM: NLS Updates and Q & A Presented by NEIL BERNSTEIN, Research and Development Officer, NLSBPH
4 PM: Regional Meetings
4:45 PM: Open Forum with KAREN KENNINGER, Director, NLSBPH
8:30 AM: Registration
9:00 AM: Featured Presenter: Carrie Banks, Supervising Librarian, Child's Place for Children With Special Needs
Panel Presentation: Braille & Early Literacy
Speed Networking with Discussion Starters
Keystone Systems (KLAS) sponsored Zingerman's Classic Bag Lunch
Open Source Automation: Sarah Willeford, Iowa LBPH (IA1A)
Small Group Discussions on Various Topics
Accessible Maker Spaces / Tech Programming
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Open lab hours in the Secret Lab
7:00 PM AADL public program: screening, w/descriptive narration, of the film: Notes on Blindness
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User Group Meetings
Panel Presentation: Staff Training
Closing Remarks
12:30 - 3:30 PM: Open lab hours in the Secret Lab
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