making information accessible for all (share the vision)
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Six Steps
Share The Vision
CILIPS Conference 7 June 2016
Six Steps
Who is Share The Vision?
• Registered charity• Providing advice and help to Libraries across
the UK • Launching the new Six steps• Word press blog to assist with digital
technology and training staff
TheSix Steps Promise
Six Steps to better library services for blind and partially sighted people
Why is this important?“ Without reading for pleasure, I am and
my life is incomplete”
• Two million blind or partially sighted people
• Reading is an essential skill
• Health benefits/combats loneliness
• Our duty
Six Steps to better library services for blind and partially sighted people
What is “Six Steps”?• A nationally agreed simple “promise”
• Achievable actions
• Low cost
• Consistency
• Updated for 2016
Six Steps to better library services for blind and partially sighted people
1. Ensure that all blind and partially sighted customers are connected to the most appropriate service for
their reading needs using the Six Steps, and that they are able to make full use of an accessible public library service
2. Use Reading Sight (www.readingsight.org.uk), the free website supporting blind and partially sighted people to access reading and reading services
3. Provide local collections of accessible reading materials and information in physical or digital formats, and be able to signpost customers to wider range of resources
4. Plan your digital and physical access strategies in consultation with blind and partially sighted people
5. Designate a champion for the reading needs of blind and partially sighted people, who has familiarised themselves with the specialist resources and services available
6. Support and promote Make a Noise in Libraries Fortnight (www.rnib.org.uk/manil) run annually by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
Six Steps to better library services for blind and partially sighted people
What can you do?• Spread the word
• Find out more
• Use your knowledge
Six Steps to better library services for blind and partially sighted people
What next?• Choose a champion
• Re-sign the Promise
• Workshops
• Partnerships
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Resourceswww.readingsight.org.uk www.calibre.org.uk www.rnib.org.uk www.clearvisionproject.org
www.share-the-vision.org.uk
https://stvhelp.wordpress.com
STV Contact in [email protected]