Locating Information on Developmental Disabilities using NLM Resources (half-day workshop for library and literacy staff and volunteers)

The American Library Association recognizes the needs of those who have developmental disabilities and strongly believes that "Libraries should provide training opportunities for all staff and volunteers in order to sensitize them to issues affecting persons with disabilities and to teach effective techniques for providing services for users with disabilities and for working with colleagues with disabilities." This class will provide an introduction to developmental disabilities, tools to evaluate quality websites, and NLM resources to answer health-related needs. Caregiver information, ideas for programming, as well as ways to provide awareness to the community regarding developmental disabilities, will also be addressed.

Class Objectives

• Participants will identify quality consumer health resources for finding information and services on developmental disabilities
• Participants will be able to speak appropriately with patrons and patron families with developmental disabilities
• Participants will be able to develop programs for those with developmental disabilities

There is no prerequisite for this class.

Tara Malone, MLIS will teach this class. Tara is Reference and Instructional Services Librarian at the Robert M. Bird Health Sciences Library, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

Travel stipend for overnight stay may be available. You must be affiliated with a public library, library system, tribal library or literacy organization which is 60 miles or more from ODL to qualify for a travel stipend. Initial travel stipend paperwork must be returned to ODL before the class date. Contact Doris Dixon to request paperwork via email [email protected] or phone (405) 522-3217. Stipend will be based on lodging receipt, up to $92. If lodging charges are less than $92, the contract will be written for the actual amount, not $92. Mileage also may be reimbursed at 30 cents/mile if you are paying for your own gas & cannot collect from your library/literacy organization. Stipend contracts will be made out to the library/literacy organization. It will be your responsibility to collect your reimbursement from such organization. No travel stipend contracts will be paid until the class has been attended and photocopied proof of overnight stay (if applicable) has been submitted to the Office of Library Development.

This class made possible by funding from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Oklahoma Department of Libraries.