Library Services for Visually Impaired People: a Manual of Best Practice

Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries,
08 July 2002, United Kingdom

A revised edition of Library Services for Visually Impaired People: a Manual of Best Practice is now available online at;www.nlbuk.org/bpm. Caroline Lang, Resource Access Adviser, comments that 'The updating of the Best Practice Manual is yet another building block towards providing comprehensive guidance on access for disabled people to all practitioners in our sector.' 'Although the manual is targeted at library staff, it contains information that is also relevant for museum and archive staff. Everyone working in this important area ought to be aware of its contents,' she says. Library Services for Visually Impaired People: a Manual of Best Practice is a joint project between the Resource Learning and Access Team and Share The Vision, and has been funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. If you are unable to access the manual from the website a CD Rom is available from: Share The Vision, National Library for the Blind, Far Cromwell Road, Bredbury, Stockport SK6 2SG. Telephone: 0161 355 2079 Email:[email protected]

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