TALK "Sugamya Pustakalaya: Enabling Libraries to Meet the Needs of Persons Who Cannot Read Normal Print" at Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6pm on 6th January 2017

Time : 6:00 pm Add to Calendar 06/01/2017 18:00 06/01/2017 19:30 Asia/Kolkata TALK "Sugamya Pustakalaya: Enabling Libraries to Meet the Needs of Persons Who Cannot Read Normal Print" Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/01/talk-sugamya-pustakalaya-enabling.html Conference Room - 2, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY 

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : Conference Room - 2, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : TALK "Sugamya Pustakalaya: Enabling Libraries to Meet the Needs of Persons Who Cannot Read Normal Print"
Librarian’s Meet Programme

Speaker: Shri Dipendra Manocha, Director of the Regional Resource Centre, New Delhi, DAISY for All and Developing Countries Coordinator and Head of Training and Tech support with the Daisy Consortium

Shri Manocha will speak on India’s first and largest collection of accessible books which is a collaborative effort of several organisations to end the book famine faced by people with print disabilities. He will also address the issues related to accessibility of resources for visually impaired people.

In addition, Dr. Ramesh Gaur, University Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University and a Representative from Delhi University Library System will speak on the facilities and services given by their respective libraries to visually impaired students.

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