INDIANAPOLIS- This Saturday, September 27 from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. (EDT), the Indiana State Library is hosting the 2008 Indiana Vision Expo. The purpose of the Indiana Vision Expo is to connect persons with vision loss, their friends and families, service providers, educators, health care professionals, librarians, and other consumers interested in products and services designed to promote independent living. Last year over 600 people attended the Indiana Vision Expo, making the event the largest low-vision convention in the Midwest.
The 2008 Expo will include more products and service information, and several new features designed to enhance the experience for attendees. This year, over 30 exhibitors will discuss their services and demonstrate the latest low vision technologies. Additionally, leading experts in the low-vision field will conduct presentations throughout the day. Dr. Richard L. Windsor OD., F.A.A.O. and Dr. Laura K. Windsor OD., F.A.A.O. will conduct the first presentation, New Technology and Approches to Aid the Visually Impaired, at 11:00 a.m. They will be followed at 1:30 p.m. by George Abbott, Dean of Educational Program and Instruction at the Hadley School for the Blind.
A complete schedule of events and presentations, as wellas a listing of participating vendors is available at http://www.indianavisionexpo.org/. For more information, contact Carole Rose, Expo Coordinator, at (800) 622-4970 or crose@library.IN.gov
About the Indiana Vision Expo:
In 2006, the Indiana Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL) saw a need to connect Hoosiers with vision loss to recent advancements in low-vision technologies and services. The TBBL created a day-long event called the Indiana Vision Expo to fill this need. Originally, the Indiana State Library expected around 200 attendees from the Indianapolis-area. Today, over 600 people attend the event from all corners of Indiana and from several neighboring states.
About the Indiana Talking Book & Braille Library:
The Indiana TBBL has been an important part of the Indiana State Library since 1934, when it became part of the Library of Congress' National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS). The TBBL is one of 57 regional libraries participating in the NLS program and currently serves over 10,000 Hoosiers with visual and physical disabilities through its regional library in Indianapolis and its three NLS-participating sub-regional libraries located in Columbus, Evansville, and Merrillville.
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