by Sarah Trowbridge | Mar 19, 2024 | Knowledge, Programs, Technology
Our friends at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library in New York City have once again generously opened up attendance at their virtual programs to members of the blind and print disabled community all over the United States. GLS patrons are welcome to...
by Sarah Trowbridge | Jan 17, 2024 | Accessibility, Knowledge, Programs
Accessible origami Last summer, for the 2023 GLS Summer Reading Program, some of our staff experimented with writing verbal instructions for a couple of origami projects. Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, is by definition a tactile activity. Yet most of the...
by Sarah Trowbridge | Oct 2, 2023 | Accessibility, Knowledge
Georgia Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (GLS) is proud to join more than a dozen other organizations and agencies in supporting Georgia’s observance of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), an annual awareness campaign that...
by Sarah Trowbridge | May 11, 2023 | Accessibility, Knowledge
To make sure everyone has the information they need to protect their health, we are pleased to share updated COVID-19 information from CDC in braille. CDC has created the following collection of braille resources about COVID-19. The resources cover these key topics:...