About the Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section
Supported by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, where it is stated that print disabled people have the right to equal access to books, knowledge and information at the same time, cost and quality as everyone else, and recognizing the fact that as of today only 5% of the world's published information is fully accessible to persons with a print disability.
Our Mission
The mission of the IFLA LPD is to advocate for library services that are equitable and accessible for persons with a print disability.
Our Goals
- Establish a global accessible library of accessible material
- Influence international policy on access to knowledge and information
- Establish and support guidelines of best practice
- Raise the profile of LPD and accessible library services within the library community
Actions Following from Our Goals
- To establish a global accessible library for people with print disabilities
- To partner and co-operate with other organizations to influence international policy on access to knowledge and information
- To establish and support guidelines and best practice for accessible library and information services
- To raise the profile of LPD and accessible library services within the library community
Mailing lists & social media
Join us on Facebook: IFLA LPD Group
IFLA-LPD
This is LPD's open mailing list.The IFLA-LPD is a forum for discussing matters of interest relating to libraries and information services serving persons with print disabilities. Anyone interested in these topics is welcome to join the list!
To subscribe to this List, please go to the:
IFLA-LPD Web interface and follow the instructions to subscribe.
To submit messages to the list, send your message to
ifla-lpd@iflalists.org
Note that IFLA-LPD is restricted to subscribers, i.e. you have to be a member to send and receive messages.
Administrator: Christiane Felsmann
LPDSC
This is IFLA LPD's Standing Committee's mailing list.LPDSC is a closed list, i.e. it is restricted to LPD Standing Committee members only.
To subscribe to this list, please go to the:
LPDSC Web interface and follow the instructions to subscribe.
To submit messages to the list, send your message to
lpdsc@iflalists.org
Administrator: Christiane Felsmann
LPD Presentations
Webpage with presentations for and about the LPD Section
Awards
- 2010 Ulverscroft/IFLA Best Practice Awards
- 2009 Dr. Dayton M. Forman Memorial Award
- Press release of Ulverscroft Foundation 2008 Awards
- Ulverscroft/IFLA Best Practice Awards 2007
- Ulverscroft/IFLA Best Practice Awards 2006
- Winners of a Frederick Thorpe Award 2004
Last update: 22 June 2020