Welcome to Capital Librarian!

This is the blog for the Northern Conference of Libraries for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Feel free to use the resources here to enhance your stay while attending the conference. If you have any questions or suggestions of resources, please call (202) 727-2142 and ask for Chris Corrigan.

Table of Contents

Friday, April 29, 2011

Thursday, May 5: Serving our Community

8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM Foundation Center Resources; Grants &
Library Services for Persons with Disabilities
Patricia Pasqual
9:30 AM Institute for Museum & Library
Services: Resources & National Medal
Michele Farrell & James Lonergan
10:00 AM Teen Reader Advisory
Jill Garcia and Elsworth Rockefeller

10:30 AM Learning Ally Update: Courtney Arnold

11:00 AM Sandwich Break

11:20 AM Social Networks & the Blind and Visually Impaired
Mika Pyyhkala and Lindsay Yazzolino

12:05 PM NFB-Newsline Update: Renee West

12:35 PM Web Captioning Update
Catharine McNally

1:00 PM Partnering with Libraries to Serve Transitioning Students with Print Disabilities Norma Villanueva, Edna Johnson, Melesse Demissay
1:40 PM Bookshare Update: Carl Rand

2:10 PM Northern Conference Annual Meeting & Elections

3:00 PM Final Announcements, Adjourn


















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