PCI Webinar: Access and Agency: Welcoming the Disabled Community at Public Libraries

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PCI is national provider of quality webinars and online programming for library employees and library organizations. SWON purchases these webinars so that our members can participate in them at our discounted rates!

Wednesday, February 19th from 2:00-3:00 pm EST

From Sensory Storytimes to Disability Justice Book Clubs, libraries around the country push beyond the basics of ADA compliance to welcome disabled patrons at the library. But how do these libraries reach disabled library users and determine their information needs?

In 2023 on behalf of Publishers Weekly, author and public librarian Susan Metallo interviewed librarians about their challenges and successes in serving disabled patrons. In this webinar, Susan shares best practices and lessons-learned from these proactive programs. She also recommends a framework for developing library services that empower the disabled community to engage with the public library, crafted both from her research and from her lived experience as a disabled library-lover.

Attendees will learn:

Who belongs to the broad and diverse disabled community, how to reach them, and what language and behavior will signal welcome and respect
Different marketing strategies for disabled patrons and for non-disabled caregivers of disabled people (e.g., parents of disabled children, family members of patrons with Alzheimers)
How to make your collection more accessible and relevant to disabled patrons
Strategies for giving disabled patrons agency and input in decisions about services and policies that will affect them

Susan Metallo ~ Biography

Susan Metallo is a neurodivergent author, librarian, and Publishers Weekly contributor. Her debut novel, Reasons to Hate Me—winner of the 2022 SCBWI Young Adult Work-in-Progress Award and the 2022 Seven Hills Literary Contest for Young Adult Literature—will be released Fall 2025 from Candlewick Press and features themes of honesty, agency, and disability justice against the backdrop of hilarious high school misadventures. Find her online at www.susanmetallo.com

Cost:

FREE for Supporting Members
$10 for Geographic Members
$20 for Individual Members

Continuing Education:

You will receive a certificate for 1 CEU Credit

To register for an event, you will be asked to log in. If you are not yet a member of SWON, you can create a free account. If you have any questions, contact info@swonlibraries.org.

PCI Webinar: Access and Agency: Welcoming the Disabled Community at Public Libraries

Wednesday Feb 19 2025, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Zoom

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