Welcome to the CNIB Library

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Welcome to the CNIB Library
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Presenters

• Susan Ewing
• Director, CNIB Library Services
• Arline Hachey
• Provincial Manager, CNIB Client Services, New
  Brunswick
• Jim Noseworthy
• CNIB Technical Aids/System Support
• Tania Usova
• Manager, CNIB Library Reader Services

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Todays session

• CNIB in Atlantic Canada
• CNIB Library Services
• Service Overview
• DAISY Talking Books - Demonstration
• CNIB Digital Library - Introduction
• Your questions and experiences

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CNIB Atlantic Canada Clients
Children, Youth, Working Aged Adults Seniors
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CNIB Atlantic Canada Statistics

• 10,827 clients
• 1,800 library users
• 968 new clients in 2005

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CNIB Strategy
To empower people who are living with vision loss
to participate fully in all aspects of daily
living CNIB services are designed to meet the
changing needs of our clients and to show the
community how they can be a part of that process
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CNIB Services

• Counseling and referral
• Independent Living Skills
• Orientation and mobility
• Vision rehabilitation
• Technical aids Technology
• CNIB Library

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Counseling Referral

• Providing support and consultation to individuals
  and family members to help them cope with the
  emotional aspects associated with vision loss

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Independent Living Skills

• Rehabilitation teachers provide instruction in
  daily living activities that promote independence
• Communication skills
• Personal management
• Home management
• Leisure activities

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Independent Living Skills

• Daily Living Skills

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Independent Living Skills

• Learning Braille

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Orientation Mobility

• The CNIB Orientation and Mobility instructor can
  enable a person with vision loss to travel
  independently with safety and confidence by
  teaching independent travel skills, like white
  cane techniques

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Low Vision Services

• Low Vision Specialists teach visually impaired
  clients to effectively use their remaining vision
  
• This may include appropriate optical (e.g.
  magnifiers) and non-optical aids (e.g. lighting)
  to help the client reach his or her goals such as
  reading

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Low Vision assessments

• Optical aids

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Technical Aids Technology
Proactive role with developers and vendors in the
research and development of adaptive technology
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CNIB Library

• CNIB Library has worked to remove barriers to
  information access for 100 years

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CNIB Library Activities

• Loans, Phone and Web Access to books and more
• Reference and Research
• Kids Programming
• Production and Transcription
• Sales
• Partnership and Advocacy

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Who and where are we?

• 90 Staff
• 25 Librarians and Library Technicians
• Over 600 Volunteers
• Volunteer Advisory Board of Directors
• Production service facility in Toronto
• Studios in Winnipeg and Montreal
• Community connections

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CNIB Library Resources

• French and English
• Over 300,000 items
• Over 80,000 accessible format titles
• Over 1.8 Million Physical, Phone and Web Accesses
  per year

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Some of our many formats

• Braille
• Childrens PrintBraille
• Tactile Diagrams
• Braille Music
• Audio Music Instruction
• Text to speech Newspapers by Phone

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Some of our many formats contd

• Described video
• DAISY talking books
• DAISY magazine bundles
• E-Text
• E-Braille
• Online Digital Audio

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Access to Library Items

• Canada Post Free Service
• By specific book requests - holds
• By profile requests
• By Phone
• Reader Advisory
• Direct Content Access
• Online
• Place holds
• Read online

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Reference Research

• Information Resource Centre
• Research services French English
• Response in format of client choice Homework -
  Academic support
• Travel - Business - Hobbies

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Kids Programming

• Summer Reading Club
• Braille Accuracy and Creative Writing Competition
• Tactiles for Tots
• Childrens Discovery Portal Features
• Chat, Games, Contests

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Production and Transcription

• Books created in all formats
• Volunteer narrators, Braillists, Tactilists
• International exchange of titles and Braille and
  Audio Masters
• Increased use of Publisher Files
• Increasing availability of commercial audio and
  online e-text

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Sales

• Restricted collection sales to Public Libraries
• Distribution of commercial audio books
• Contract textbook, election information, utility
  bills, standardized testing

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Partnership Advocacy

• VisuNet Partners Program
• International DAISY Consortium
• Canadian DAISY Consortium
• International Federation of Library Associations
  (IFLA)
• World Blind Union
• National Network of Equitable Library Services
  (NNELS)

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DAISY Talking Books on CD

• Librarys key new service offering
• Over 5,500 titles
• Over 80,000 books
• Superior sound quality
• More information stored in less space
• Navigation of page, chapter, index
• DAISY Demonstration

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The CNIB Digital Library library that never
sleeps.

• www.cnib.ca/library
• Designed in cooperation with CNIB clients
• Compatible with access technologies
• Guided Tour

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Library Service Updates

• Introduction to Library Services
• Magazine bundles and Whats New
• Last 4-track cassette will be mailed March 2007

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Library Service Updates contd

• DAISY books
• New Mailers
• Eventual single use DAISY
• Atlantic Newspapers by phone and web

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Atlantic Canada Newspapers

• Newfoundland The Telegram, St.John's - WebThe
  Western Star, Corner Brook Web
• New BrunswickL'Acadie Nouvelle, Caraquet - Web
  PhoneFredericton Daily Gleaner - Web
  PhoneMoncton Times Transcript - Web
  PhoneSaint John Telegraph Journal - Web Phone

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Atlantic Canada Newspapers contd

• Nova Scotia Amherst Daily News - WebCape Breton
  Post  - WebHalifax Daily News  - WebHalifax
  Herald Ltd. - Web PhoneNew Glasgow Evening
  News - WebTruro Daily News - Web
• Prince Edward Island Charlottetown Guardian
  Summerside Journal-Pioneer

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Learning More

• www.cnib.ca/library
• Opening the Book Initiative Targets
  Print-Disabled Canadians, Feliciter, 51(6), 2005
  
• "Information Services for Visually Impaired
  People," Library Trends, 55(4), Spring 2007

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Your Turn!

• Questions, comments
• and experiences

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Contact Us

• arline.hachey_at_cnib.ca
• susan.ewing_at_cnib.ca
• jim.noseworthy_at_cnib.ca
• tania.usova_at_cnib.ca
• 1-800-268-8818
• Reader.services_at_cnib.ca
• www.cnib.ca/library