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Library trustees present health and wellness plan; director said state grant would fund 30 accessible laptops
Summary
At the Dec. 9 meeting, the library director presented a health and wellness plan that links digital and health literacy and said the library applied for a state grant to buy 30 circulating laptops preloaded with accessibility software and assistive hardware. Trustees praised the plan as grant-ready.
Jen, the library director, presented a new health and wellness plan at the Dec. 9 meeting and said it positions the library to pursue grants that expand access to health information and digital services. "It is focusing our story in the way that we were hoping," she said, calling the plan a tool to make the library more competitive for funding.
The director said the library applied for a state grant that requires a minimum award of 30 devices. "That grant application basically wrote itself," she said, describing the requested package: 30 laptops, vertical mice for patrons with dexterity issues, accessibility software such as JAWS for low-vision users and TD Snap for people with language or…
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