Pre-conference tours this Saturday.

Posted: May 21, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: 2010 Conference | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

Conference is this weekend, and we’re looking forward to welcoming you to Auckland.

For delegates attending the pre-conference tours, the updated programme booklet (Word, 112 kB) includes information about transport options.

I wrote about the tour of Auckland City Libraries in an earlier post. The library is located at 44-46 Lorne Street in the central city. Delegates attending the tour should meet inside the main front door of the library, near the lift, at 1pm. There will be a walking group leaving from the reception area of the Heritage at 12.30.

The second tour, from 4-6pm, is of the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind‘s accessible information services: the library, accessible format production including the talking book studios, the adaptive technology classroom, adaptive communications and equipment services.

The Foundation’s Awhina House is located at 4 Maunsell Road, Parnell. Delegates should meet at the Recreation Centre, at the back entrance of Awhina House, at 4pm.

Following the tour, the Foundation is holding a welcome reception, which will include drinks and finger food, a short speech or two and a performance by three students of the braille music school at BLENNZ.

Finger food for the welcome reception is being generously supplied by Kokako, a locally Fair Trade coffee roaster and food providore. Kokako café is across the road from the Foundation and is a favourite of many staff. As well as the café, Kokako provides event catering, and supplies a range of delicious vegetarian food to other cafés, organic stores and gourmet supermarkets. We’re grateful to Kokako for supporting the conference in this way.

Leave a comment or get in touch if you have any questions about the pre-conference tours. Otherwise we’ll look forward to seeing some of you on Saturday.

Pre-conference tour – Auckland City Libraries

Posted: April 17, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: 2010 Conference | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

Auckland City Libraries' central city library

Photo of Auckland City Libraries’ central city library by Kym Della-Torre.

The conference programme this year includes two optional pre-conference tours on Saturday 22 May. Tours are free of charge, and you can indicate your attendance when you complete your conference registration form. The first is an accessible tour of Auckland City Libraries’ central city libary’s largest public library:

Auckland City Libraries comprises the central city library and 16 community libraries. On this tour of the central city library you’ll get an overview of a busy metropolitan public library and its services, hear about the unique heritage holdings in the Auckland Research Centre and Sir George Grey Special Collections, and learn about the contribution of Auckland City Libraries to the Auckland City Council’s “Disability framework for action – towards a 100 per cent accessible Auckland.” Tour hosts will be happy to answer questions as you move around.

More information about the RNZFB tour and welcome function will be available soon.

Pre-conference tours on Saturday 22 May

Posted: February 11, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: 2010 Conference | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

In addition to the main conference programme, we’re planning a couple of optional tours on Saturday 22nd. You’ll be able to sign up for these as part of your main conference registration.

Auckland City Libraries: accessible tour of the Central City Library, presenting and considering current and future services for print-disabled people.

Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind: tour of library and accessible format production facilities, including new digital delivery systems.

More details of both tours will be available in coming weeks.