Dalia Balčytytė

The Head of the Information Resources Department of the Lithuanian Audiosensory Library

Dalia Balčytytė represents the Library and Lithuania in the IFLA LPD (Libraries Serving People with Print Disabilities) Committee and is one of the developers of the Guidelines of Inclusive Library Services for People with Print Disabilities prepared by this committee. She conducts training for librarians on serving visitors with print disabilities in public libraries.

How to Measure Library Accessibility

In 2021, the Lithuanian Library Accessibility Manifesto “A Library for All” was signed. The manifesto sets out 10 objectives, which can be grouped into four main themes, defined by the consensus of the librarian community:

• Accessibility of the social environment – competence and staff preparedness;
• Accessibility of the environment and services;
• Accessibility of resources and collections;
• Inclusive Communication – purposeful and specific for each visitor audience.

The presentation will consist of two complementary parts:

1. The five-year experience of drafting and implementing the Manifesto;
2. A quiz for practical evaluation of the objectives established in the Manifesto in each library.

Date and time: 2025-12-03, 10:40-11:410 (30 min)

Hall: ALFA