Inclusive Services​ resources for libraries
Who to contact with questions
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Brown County Library provides Inclusive Services support for NFLS member libraries. Please direct questions to:
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Recommended resources
Additional resources
State & local Inclusive Services resources
- Wisconsin DPI Inclusive Services information
- Inclusive Services Assessment and Guide for Public Libraries (WI DPI, Sept. 2019)
- Looking at Inclusive Services: Library Governance (WI DPI, 9/30/2021)
- Looking at Inclusive Services: Funding (WI DPI, 9/30/2021)
- Looking at Inclusive Services: Collections (WI DPI, 9/30/2021)
- South Central Library System's Inclusive Services resources
- Section 1: Who Is Responsible - Governance, Administration, Staffing
- Section 2: What the Library Has to Offer - Collections, Programs, Services
- Section 3: Where the Interactions Take Place - Facility, Access
- Section 4: How the Library Engages with the Community - Marketing, Community Engagement, Funding, Self-Care for Library Workers, Inclusive Culture at the Library
- Great Lakes ADA Center
- IFLS Library System's resources on accessibility and inclusion
- Options for independent living
- WI Regional Centers for Children with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)
- Wisconsin Talking Book and Braille Library (WTBBL): As part of a national network cooperating with the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS), the Wisconsin Talking Book and Braille Library (WTBBL) provides audiobooks and Brailled materials to persons, living in Wisconsin, who cannot read or use regular print materials as a result of temporary or permanent visual or physical limitations. In addition, WTBBL also circulates audiobooks and braille materials about Wisconsin or by Wisconsin authors, as well as audio-described DVDs.
- Application forms available on Applications and Eligibility page.
- Instructions for iOS (Apple) and Android apps for the BARD program available on National Library Service website.
National Inclusive Services resources
- ADA.gov
- American Library Association (ALA)
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Training Calendar
- Accessibility Resources Related to Disabilities
- Accessibility in Libraries: A Landscape Review
- Practitioners Guide to Serving Patrons with Disabilities in Small & Rural Libraries
- Facilitation Guide for Accessible Conversations in Small & Rural Libraries
- U.S. Access Board
- W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
