On January 4th, we will celebrate World Braille Day which commemorates the birthday of Louis Braille, the inventor of the braille system. To mark the day we will be joining with other organizations, including Braille Literacy Canada (BLC), the Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), the Canadian Federation of the Blind (CFB), the Centre for Equitable...
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Friday, December 18, 2020
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020
The National Network for Equitable Library Service is pleased to announce another simultaneous braille and print release of a book that we have worked on as a part of the Braille for New Publications Project. Published by Windtree Press...
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Thursday, December 3, 2020
Federal Funding for People with Print Disabilities, Digital Literacy, and Born-accessible Publishing
The National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS) is excited to announce the receipt of support from the Government of Canada’s Social Development Partnerships Program – Disability Component (SDPP-D), a program designed to improve...
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Technological advances and mainstream devices such as tablets and smart phones that incorporate screen readers and magnification software out of the box have made it possible for people with print disabilities to access reading content from their mobile devices. Although the options for reading continually grow, there is minimal information...
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Friday, September 25, 2020
The winners of the Periodical Marketers of Canada Indigenous Literature Award, selected from the shortlisted books of the 2020/2021 First Nations Communities Read program, have been announced! The winners were chosen by a jury of Indigenous librarians from across Ontario, and the winning titles, together with the rest of the nominated books,...
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Thursday, September 3, 2020
The BC Libraries Co-op and the National Network for Equitable Library Services (NNELS) are excited to share some big staffing news!
First off, we want to wish Laurie Davidson well as she heads off to work with the Canadian Equitable Library Association (CELA) as their new Executive Director! Laurie was a ...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020
The National Network of Equitable Library Service is honoured to announce the release of the Executive Summary & Calls for Justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Final Report. Over 40,000 words and 30+ images were carefully formatted and described by...
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Monday, June 1, 2020
The National Network for Equitable Library Service is pleased to announce the release of the next book that we have worked on as a part of the Braille for New Publications Project. Published by Scholastic, Book 16 of the Dragon Masters series,...
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