The Council on Access to Information for Print-Disabled Canadians

Resources: Organizations

• Canadian Organizations
• American Organizations
• International Organizations

Canadian Organizations

• Adaptech
  www.adaptech.org
  
  
• Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC), University of Toronto
  http://atrc.utoronto.ca/
  
  
• Advocates for Sight Impaired Consumers (ASIC), Vancouver
  www.asic.bc.cx/
  
  
• Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (AEBC)
  www.blindcanadians.ca/
  
  
• BC College and Institute Library Services (CILS)
  www.langara.bc.ca/cils/
  
  
• Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)
  www.banq.qc.ca/portal/dt/accueil.jsp?bnq_langue=en
  
  
  • Service québécois de livre adapté (SQLA)
    www.banq.qc.ca/portal/dt/sqla/sqla_eng.htm
    
    
• Braille Authority of North America (BANA)
  http://brailleauthority.org/
  
  
• Canadian Association of Disability Service Providers in Post-Secondary Education (CADSPPE)
  www.cacuss.ca/en/11-cadsppe/index.lasso
  
  
• Canadian Association of Educational Resource Centres for Alternate Formats (CAER)
  www.prcvi.org/links/caer.html
  
  
• Canadian Braille Authority
  www.canadianbrailleauthority.ca/en/index.php
  
  
• Canadian Centre on Disability Studies
  www.disabilitystudies.ca/
  
  
• Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB)
  www.ccbnational.net/
  
  
• Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) - Disability Research Information Page
  www.ccsd.ca/drip/
  
  
• Canadian Helen Keller Centre
  www.chkc.org/
  
  
• Canadian Library Association (CLA)
  www.cla.ca/
  
  
  • Electronic Clearinghouse for Alternative Format Production Pilot Project
    www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/accessinfo/005003-3000-04-2006-e.html
  • Library Services to Individuals with Print Disabilities Interest Group
    www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Library_Services_to_Individuals
    _with_Print_Disabilities
  • Opening the Book: A Strategy for a National Network for Equitable Library Service for Canadians with Print Disabilities (2005)
    www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News_Item_Documents&Template
    =/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=3463
    
    
• CNIB
  www.cnib.ca
  
  
  • An Unequal Playing Field: Report on the Needs of People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired Living in Canada
    www.cnib.ca/en/about/publications/research/
    unequal-field.aspx
    
    
• Canadian National Society of the Deaf-Blind (CNSDB)
  www.cnsdb.ca/
  
  
• Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC)
  www.culc.ca
  
  
• Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD)
  www.ccdonline.ca/
  
  
• Fondation Cypihot-Ouellette
  http://typhlophile.com/fco/
  (available in French only)
  
  
• L'Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille (INLB)
  www.inlb.qc.ca/
  (available in French only)
  
  
• Learning Disabilities Association of Canada (LDAC)
  www.ldac-taac.ca/index-e.asp
  
  
• Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html
  
  
  • Canadian Digital Information Strategy
    www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cdis/index-e.html
  • Council on Access to Information for Print-Disabled Canadians
    www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/accessinfo/index-e.html
  • Initiative for Equitable Library Access (IELA)
    www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/iela/index-e.html
    
    
• LibriVox
  http://librivox.org/
  
  
• La Magnetothèque
  www.lamagnetotheque.qc.ca/
  (available in French only)
  
  
• Montreal Association for the Blind (MAB)
  www.mab.ca/
  
  
• Multiple Formats Industry Association (MFIA)
  
  
• National Broadcast Reading Service
  
  
  • VoicePrint Canada
    www.voiceprintcanada.com/
    
    
  • AudioVision Canada
    www.audiovisioncanada.com/
    
    
• National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS)
  www.neads.ca/en/
  
  
  • Access to Academic Materials for Print-Disabled Post-Secondary Students - Final Report (May, 2005)
    www.neads.ca/en/about/projects/atam/
    
    
• Provincial and Territorial Public Library Council (PTPLC)
  www.bclibrary.ca/ptplc/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
• Quebec Foundation for the Blind
  www.aveugles.org/english.php
  
  
• Le Regroupement des aveugles et amplyopes du Québec (RAAQ)
  www.raaq.qc.ca/
  (available in French only)
  
  
• SpokenText
  www.spokentext.net/
  
  

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American Organizations

• American Council of the Blind (ACB)
  www.acb.org/
  
  
• American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
  www.afb.org/
  
  
  • Surpassing Gutenberg: A Historic Opportunity in Access to Published Information for Blind Readers (White Paper 2002)
    www.afb.org/info_document_view.asp?documentid=1224
    
    
• American Library Association (ALA)
  www.ala.org/
  
  
  • Services to People with Disabilities
    www.ala.org/ala/olos/outreachresource/
    servicespeopledisabilities.htm
    
    
• American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
  www.aph.org
  
  
• Association of American Publishers (AAP)
  www.publishers.org/
  
  
  • Accessibility
    www.publishers.org/main/HigherEducation/higherEd_Access
    _01.htm?id=40
    
    
  • Alternative Formats Solutions Initiative (AFSI)
    
    
  • Publisher Look-Up Service
    www.publisherlookup.org/index.php
    
    
• Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
  www.ahead.org/
  
  
• Bookshare
  www.bookshare.org/
  
  
• Braille Institute
  www.brailleinstitute.org/
  
  
• CPB/ WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
  http://ncam.wgbh.org/
  
  
• Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
  www.cast.org/
  
  
• Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT)
  http://coataccess.civicspaceondemand.org/
  
  
• Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)
  www.rit.edu/%7Eeasi/lib.htm
  
  
• Library of Congress
  www.loc.gov/
  
  
  • National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
    www.loc.gov/nls/
    
    
• National Braille Press
  www.nbp.org/
  
  
• National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
  www.nfb.org/
  
  
• Project Gutenberg
  www.gutenberg.org/
  
  
• Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D)
  www.rfbd.org
  
  
• Trace Research & Development Center
  www.trace.wisc.edu/
  
  

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International Organizations

• AltFormat
  www.altformat.com/
  
  
• DAISY Consortium (Digital Accessible Information System)
  www.daisy.org/
  
  
• European Blind Union
  www.euroblind.org/
  
  
  • Braille and Talking Book Libraries for the visually impaired in Europe
    www.euroblind.org/fichiersGB/libraries.htm
    
    
• International Braille Research Center
  www.braille.org/
  
  
  • Electronic Braille Book Library
    www.braille.org/braille_books/
    
    
• International Council on English Braille (ICEB)
  http://iceb.org/
  
  
  • Unified English Braille (UEB) Project
    http://iceb.org/ueb.html
    
    
• International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF)
  www.idpf.org/
  
  
  • The Soundproof Book: Exploration of Rights conflict and Access to Commercial eBooks for People with Disabilities (2002)
    www.idpf.org/doc_library/informationaldocs/soundproof/
    soundproof.htm
    
    
• International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
  www.ifla.org/
  
  
  • International report on library and information services for visually impaired people
    www.ifla.org/VII/s31/pub/InternationalReport.htm
    
    
  • Libraries for the Blind Section
    www.ifla.org/VII/s31/index.htm
    
    
  • Designing and Building Integrated Digital Library Systems - Guidelines (2005)
    www.ifla.org/VII/s31/pub/Profrep90.pdf
    
    
  • Libraries for the Blind in the Information Age - Guidelines for development (2005)
    www.ifla.org/VII/s31/pub/Profrep86.pdf
    
    
  • International Directory of Libraries for the Blind
    http://ifla.jsrpd.jp/
    
    
• Lighthouse International
  www.lighthouse.org/
  
  
• Tiresias
  www.tiresias.org/
  
  
• World Blind Union
  www.worldblindunion.org/
  
  
• World Federation of the Deafblind
  www.wfdb.org/