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Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour , December 13, 2013 - Fredericton
Provincial government investing $250,000 to improve access to library resources for persons with disabilities
The provincial government is investing a further $250,000 to provide an additional 24 adaptive computer workstations in public libraries to help persons with vision impairments, physical disabilities or learning disabilities. The provincial government is collaborating with the New Brunswick Public Libraries Foundation and the New Brunswick Public Library Service to provide the workstations. From left, at the adaptive workstation at the Fredericton Public Library: Leah Brisco, acting development officer, New Brunswick Public Libraries Foundation; Elvira Embser-Herbert, acting library director, Fredericton Public Library; Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister Jody Carr; and Jim Noseworthy, specialist, assistive technology, CNIB, as well as guide-dog Orlando.