Click “Launch Event” to identify the ACB Media stream for each event.
Events in July 2022
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National Library Service Focus Group (by appointment only) – found in room HH Rome
National Library Service Focus Group (by appointment only) – found in room HH Rome
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July 2, 2022Join one of four NLS special sessions and provide your feedback on a variety of Collection Development Questions, Text To Speech Options, the NLS Braille Displays, and many other topics. Alice O’Reilly, Chief of the Collection Division and Tamara Rorie, Head of the newly formed Patron Engagement Section and formally the Braille Development Officer, will be gathering information to assist in shaping the future of NLS. We will be discussing upcoming Beta test opportunities, showing the two NLS eReaders, and conducting mini focus groups to obtain your feedback on several upcoming initiatives. To join a session email [email protected].
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LUA: Up Close and Personal with NLS Director, Jason Broughton – found in room CHI 211 and Heard on ACB Media 5 (CEU Eligible)
LUA: Up Close and Personal with NLS Director, Jason Broughton – found in room CHI 211 and Heard on ACB Media 5 (CEU Eligible)
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July 3, 2022Mr. Broughton presented at morning general session, here is your chance to learn more from him and ask questions about NLS.
Not Your Mother’s Library – found in room CHI 211 and Heard on ACB Media 5 (CEU Eligible)Not Your Mother’s Library – found in room CHI 211 and Heard on ACB Media 5 (CEU Eligible)
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July 3, 2022The Modern, Public Library – What awaits you there.
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BRL Breakfast – found in room CHI 211
BRL Breakfast – found in room CHI 211
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July 4, 2022Guest Speaker Marc Workman, President, World Blind Union
BRL Virtual Breakfast – found in room CHI 211 and Heard on ACB Media 3BRL Virtual Breakfast – found in room CHI 211 and Heard on ACB Media 3
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July 4, 2022Guest Speaker Marc Workman, President, World Blind Union
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Meet the Talking Book Narrator – found in room CHI 215 and Heard on ACB Media 4 (CEU Eligible)
Meet the Talking Book Narrator – found in room CHI 215 and Heard on ACB Media 4 (CEU Eligible)
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July 5, 2022Co-hosted by: AABT, BRL, FIA, LUA, BPI, and MCAC
One Bookone ACB – found in room CHI 215 and Heard on ACB Media 4 (CEU Eligible)One Bookone ACB – found in room CHI 215 and Heard on ACB Media 4 (CEU Eligible)
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July 5, 2022Their Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness by M. Leona Godin Co-hosted by AABT, BRL, FIA, LUA, BPI and MCAC
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National Library Service Focus Group (by appointment only) – found in room HH Rome
National Library Service Focus Group (by appointment only) – found in room HH Rome
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July 6, 2022Join one of four NLS special sessions and provide your feedback on a variety of Collection Development Questions, Text To Speech Options, the NLS Braille Displays, and many other topics. Alice O’Reilly, Chief of the Collection Division and Tamara Rorie, Head of the newly formed Patron Engagement Section and formally the Braille Development Officer, will be gathering information to assist in shaping the future of NLS. We will be discussing upcoming Beta test opportunities, showing the two NLS eReaders, and conducting mini focus groups to obtain your feedback on several upcoming initiatives. To join a session email [email protected].
Understanding where our writing system Braille has been. – found in room CHI 215 and Heard on ACB Media 5 (CEU Eligible)Understanding where our writing system Braille has been. – found in room CHI 215 and Heard on ACB Media 5 (CEU Eligible)
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July 6, 2022Speakers: Philippa Campsey, Ontario Canada, new information about the early history of braille; Tamara Rorie, Arlington Virginia, new braille archives; and Judy Dixon, Arlington Virginia, who will discuss methods of doing research about braille and where people can find documents of interest.
New uses for Braille in Periodicals – found in room CHI 215 and Heard on ACB Media 5 (CEU Eligible)New uses for Braille in Periodicals – found in room CHI 215 and Heard on ACB Media 5 (CEU Eligible)
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July 6, 2022Brian Charlson Watertown, MA, and Judy Dixon, Arlington, VA: Using UEB for cooking in magazines and books. Judy Wilkinson, San Leandro, CA and Tamara Rorie, Arlington, VA: New knitting magazines and how to use knitting charts. Ralph Smitherman, Brandon, MS and Jane Carona, Silver Spring, MD: Crossword puzzle magazines Chaired by Paul Edwards.