EALS Newsletter, August 2025

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IFLA Equitable and Accessible Library Services Section (EALS) is delighted to share the EALS Newsletter, August 2025 issue with you.
 
It brings you the opportunity to look at the work EALS Standing Committee members and associates are doing locally and globally.
 
This issue covers a wide range of topics relevant to the Section:

  1. Farewell from the Chair
  2. EALS Achievements at a Glance
  3. Meet some of our new members
  4. News from EALS members and associates: get inspired!
    • 4.1 A Library for Everyone: Singapore’s Inclusive Approach for Persons with Disabilities
    • 4.2 Library Services for Residents of State Institutions
    • 4.3. Mindful Libraries: Supporting Elder Patrons in Life Review and Cognitive Change
    • 4.4. Croatia Marks 10 Years of Recognizing Croatian Sign Language by Law

EALS hopes you will enjoy this issue!

 Newsletter: Equitable and Accessible Library Services Section, August 2025

Upcoming Event

Photo of Matilda Evans, courtesy of Wikicommons.

South Carolina's Matilda Evans: A Medical Pioneer

August 26, 2025, 3:00 PM


Please join us for our next Speaker at the Center talk with the authors of South Carolina's Matilda Evans: A Medical Pioneer, Dr. Walter B. Curry, Jr., Beverly Aiken Muhammad, and Anusha Ghosh on Thursday, August 26 at 3:00 PM at the State Library. South Carolina Matilda Evans: A Medical Pioneer is the official biography of Dr. Matilda Evans, the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina.