Congratulations to the five shortlist finalists of the Scotiabank Giller Prize! Thanks to the support of The Scotiabank Giller Prize, we are excited to announce the shortlisted titles are available in accessible formats to readers with print disabilities through the ...
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Monday, October 5, 2015
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Friday, September 18, 2015
The NNELS website (http://nnels.ca) is now responsive, which means it will work on any screen size.
Play around by loading on multiple devices, resizing your browser window, zooming in and out.
Other improvements include:
- increased colour contrast,
- larger base font size,...
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Announcing access to BC Campus OpenEd’s collection of 97 open textbooks in accessible formats for people with print disabilties! These open textbooks are openly licensed using a Creative Commons license, and are available in various e-book formats free of charge, or through print-on-demand books available at cost.
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Vancouver and Burnaby, BCFriday, August 7, 2015
Today, the National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS) and Public Library InterLINK are thrilled to release 85 human-narrated, BC-authored audiobooks in accessible formats for people with print disabilities.
Originally recorded by Public Library InterLINK on large format tape reels, these titles are now once again available to...
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Great news! NNELS and our partners have been working hard to get all the SRC titles in accessible format.
The BC SRC 2015 is a program that connects and engages children with books and summer programming, available through their local public library and other organizations. The BC SRC features BC authors and...
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Great news! NNELS and our partners have been working hard to get all the titles in accessible format.
The TD Summer Reading Club is a way to encourage children to enjoy reading Canadian and international literature. And with over 85 TD SRC titles, there’s something for everyone!
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We’re thrilled to announce approximately 1,800 newly published titles from Crane Library at UBC. We received this batch of books in January, and after doing what we needed to do, we’re pleased to release the 1,300 MP3 files in live narration, and the 500 titles in e-text. We began working with Crane last year to exchange content, and now we can...
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Following the April 21st, 2015 release of the Federal Government’s 2015-2016 Budget Plan, Strong Leadership, people interested in accessible library service will be pleased to learn the federal government has committed to signing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Marrakesh Treaty. The Treaty’s...
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