Developing Good Hearts: The Disability Awareness Training Scheme for Geelong Regional Libraries Staff

The Geelong Regional Library Corporation in partnership with the city of Greater Geelong (CoGG) Aged and Disability Services, was selected for the State Library of Victoria's 2010 Pierre Gorman Award to develop a disability awareness training scheme for library staff (Dats). Dats aimed to incre...

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Published in:Australasian public libraries and information services 2011-06, Vol.24 (2), p.67-73
Main Authors: Sue Henczel, Kristin O'Brien
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Libraries and community
Library employees
Regional libraries
Training of
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Summary:The Geelong Regional Library Corporation in partnership with the city of Greater Geelong (CoGG) Aged and Disability Services, was selected for the State Library of Victoria's 2010 Pierre Gorman Award to develop a disability awareness training scheme for library staff (Dats). Dats aimed to increase the awareness of a broad range of disabilities which exist in communities and through that awareness and understanding improve the ability of staff to respond to library users with disabilities.
ISSN:1030-5033