September 5th, 2006 meeting

The JUGS meeting on September 5th was attended by 18 people. Ginnie Cooper, the new director of DCPL met with the group and talked about the petition for accessibility at the library. The petition askes for added hours for the Adaptive Services Division, a time table for installment of Adaptive Workstations in the branch libraries, and an Accessibility Advisory Committee to meet 4 times a year with the director. Also, a representative of the National Federation of the Blind was at the meeting to demonstrate the new Kurzweil NFB Reader, a standalone, handheld camera-scanner and reader that can take pictures of menus and similar items and vocalize them using a synthesized voice.