[OPLINLIST] Planning for Library Services to People with Disabilities worksho p

[Jane Byrnes]

Planning for Library Services to Persons with Disabilities Workshop/LSTA
Grant Program

The State Library is pleased to announce a new LSTA grant program on library
services to persons with disabilities.  In order to be eligible to apply for
grant funds, a library must attend a mandatory workshop and submit a
planning document along with the funding request.  

The workshop, Planning for Library Services to People with Disabilities,
will be held at the State Library on June 16, 2004 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m.  Registration begins at 9:00 a.m.  The workshop and LSTA grant program
are open to all types of libraries.

The morning will begin with a keynote address by Barbara Mates, Library for
the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Cleveland.  Two panel presentations
will follow. The afternoon will focus on the development of a plan to serve
persons with disabilities, how to reach out to the community, and the LSTA
proposal.  An extended lunch period will include an assistive technology
fair.  Several vendors will be available to discuss and demonstrate their
products.  Upon leaving the workshop attendees will feel empowered to make
connections, do planning, and implement services to the disabled in their
community. 

Participants will have the opportunity to go back to their communities to
develop a plan for serving people with disabilities. The Plan, attached to a
funding request, will be submitted to the State Library for funding of:
Equipment and/or assistive technologies, Training for staff and/or patrons,
and/or Marketing and promotion.

To register please go to the State Library's website.
http://www.slocem.lib.oh.us <http://www.slocem.lib.oh.us> 

For questions or additional information please contact Missy Lodge, Library
Programs Administrator at mldoge@sloma.state.oh.us
<mailto:mldoge@sloma.state.oh.us> , 614-644-6914 or 800-686-1532.