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Gentle, Frances; Steer, Michael; Howse, Josie – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2012
In this article the authors will outline and describe the recent implementation of Unified English Braille (UEB) in Australia's complex school systems. The New South Wales Department of Education and Communities (NSW/DEC) played a leading role in the process. The education sector at all levels in Australia appears to have embraced the introduction…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Braille, Blindness, Professional Development
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Gale, Gillian; Morley, Jillian; Wallis, Linley – 1999
RVIB (Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind) Library & Information Services is one of five business units of RVIB, an agency that has been providing services since 1866 to people in Victoria (Australia) who are blind or visually impaired. RVIB Library & Information Services offers four core services: (1) a public library service that…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Braille, Children, Childrens Libraries
Swindley, Ross; Kidd, Brian – 1981
This booklet examines the role and outlines the activities of Australian libraries in meeting the educational, cultural, recreational, and information needs of the physically, sensorily, and mentally disabled. The origins of library services for the handicapped in Australia are discussed, existing services are reviewed, the library needs of…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Braille, Check Lists, Design Requirements