Spotlight With Kim Charlson: National President Of The ACB And Director Of The Perkins Library - a podcast by CBT

In this Spotlight interview, James Oates sits down with Kim Charlson, the National President of the American Council of the Blind and the Executive Director of the Perkins Library. The topics include:

A brief history of Perkinswhat the organization looks like today, The Perkins Blog(/a>Perkins Solutions
Perkins eLearningPerkins International
the Perkins SchoolLibrary services including the Perkins Library
the Perkins newsletterthe National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Info Eyes virtual reference library serviceBARD
the application process for the Perkins Libraryand the Library Without Walls program,
a monthly recommended reads list.New actions taken by the Library of Congress
About the Orbit Reader 20 from the American Printing House for the BlindThe current status of the Marrakesh Treaty
The mission of the ACBACB state affiliates and local chapters
the ACB Link app for iOS devicesthe ACB Braille Forum
Progress being made in audio described film and television distributionthe success of structured negotiations with Netflix
The struggles with government agencies to enforce website accessibility guidelines and to provide accessible tactile paper currency.To learn more about Perkins and the American Council of the Blind, follow these Twitter Accounts:
@perkinsvision @perkins_library @acbnational

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