Webcast: Best Practices for Large Print, Sponsored by Thorndike Press
-- Library Journal, 4/15/2008 7:49:00 AM
Join us April 29 at 2 pm ET for a Large Print Best Practices Webcast. Learn more about the best practices that increase circulation, and boost patron and usage awareness of Large Print. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate with our special guest librarians and Thorndike Press during a special Q&A session at the end of the Webcast.
This 60-minute Webcast will cover not only best practices for Large Print in the library but will also explore how Large Print can improve reading performance in the classroom, assist with adult literacy efforts, and more. Many librarians and booksellers have been told by their patrons and customers that anyone that loves to read, (at home, on the treadmill or in the classroom), can benefit from the Large Print format. We'll also discuss how the library's Large Print collection can be marketed and displayed for maximum results, inviting even more patrons to try this format that reignites the passion for reading.
Large Print books are a powerful aid for library patrons of all ages, demographics and needs. Often Large Print is thought of as being primarily for readers with some kind of visual impairment, however there is a much wider audience and need for Large Print books. Research and action studies prove that struggling readers and speed readers are helped by the format. Additionally ESL readers find large print easier to process, which improves their comprehension.
Thorndike Press, a leading Large Print publisher, offers Large Print books typeset in 16-point Plantin font, adhering to the standard set by the National Association for the Visually Handicapped, using jet-black ink on high-opacity paper. All of Thorndike Press’ Large Print books are complete and unabridged. Thorndike Press offers simultaneous releases for many of their books, which allows Large Print readers to have the book at the exact same time as the regular edition is offered.
The inaugural showing of this Large Print Best Practices Webcast will be at 2 pm ET on April 29, 2008.
Featured Panelists:
Susan Brown, Librarian, Adult Services,Ypsilanti District Library,Ypsilanti, MI
Michelle Wisniewski, Outreach & Bookmobile Services Manager,The Rochester Hills Public Library, Rochester, MI
Sharon Zuiderveld,Director,Jacksonville Public Library, Jacksonville, IL
Kara Kugelmeyer Senior Acquisitions Editor New Product Development, Thorndike Press, Gale/Cengage Learning
Debbie Ludden Marketing Manager, Thorndike Press Gale/Cengage Learning
Moderator:
Dorothy Ownes, Library Journal
This event will feature a live Q&A with the panelists, so invite your colleagues and please come prepared with questions.
