Photos with Descriptive Text of Ellen Perlow's
IFLA 2001 Presentation/Poster as of Wednesday, January 30, 2002 11 am
Post Conference - With Photos and Participants' Contributions
Welcome to Photographs from the Poster Presentation
Celebrating a New Century that Celebrates Diversity:
Positive Language as the Key to Making a Positive
Difference in the Knowledge Age
Poster #47 by Ellen Perlow
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Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Studies, Denton,
TX for
The International
Federation of Library Associations and Institutions [IFLA] 2001 Conference
Monday, August 20-Friday, August 24, 2001 - Boston, MA Convention Center
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Description of Above PhotoIFLA-Boston August 20-24,
2001 Poster Session #47 by Ellen Perlow. Poster entitled: "Celebrating a New
Century that Celebrates Diversity: Positive Language as the Key to Making a
Positive Difference in the Knowledge Age."
Photograph of LIS graduate student at the University of
Rhode Island LIS Program and IFLA 2001 Conference Volunteer, reviews the
poster. The student's positive contributions to the poster:
The words: "educate, contribute, human."
Description of Above Photo: IFLA-Boston August 20-24,
2001 Poster Session #47 by Ellen Perlow. IFLA Attendee from Bulgaria writes her
contribution in Bulgarian for the term "Accessibility."
Description of Above Photo: IFLA-Boston August 20-24,
2001 Poster Session #47 by Ellen Perlow. Ellen Perlow with IFLA Attendee from
Vladivostok, Russia (apologies for quality of photo).
Description of Above Photo: IFLA-Boston August 20-24,
2001 Poster Session #47 by Ellen Perlow. Section of Poster entitled: "Please
Contribute Your Positive Language" on which visitors to poster placed their
contributions. The left "Post-It" Note below the banner provides directions
for this activity. The right "Post-It" Note provides a sample positive word:
"Talented."
For the photos below, to better view the writing on the "Post-It"
notes, you may right mouse click (PCs) to view an enlarged version of each
photo.
Description of Above Photo: IFLA-Boston August 20-24,
2001 Poster Session #47 by Ellen Perlow. Contributions, various translations of
the term "Accessibility" (Left to right, Top to Bottom):
1. Norwegian: "Open Media, Open Learning, Access = tillgang
(circle over letter "a" of tillgang)
2. Arabic (accessibility)
3. Greek: "To the base" in Greek letters, pronounced "Prosbasi"
4. Indonesian for "to support: "Mendukung"
5. Romanian Russian: "accesibilitate gocmyn"
6. Norwegian: "tilgang"
7. Portuguese: "acessivel"
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Description of Above Photo: IFLA-Boston August 20-24,
2001 Poster Session #47 by Ellen Perlow. Contributions, various translations of
the term "Accessibility" (Left to right, Top to Bottom):
1. Japanese ("accessibility": pronounced "o ku se shi bi ri te i")
2. Chinese ("diversity, accessibility, creative")
3. Shona (Zimbabwe): Kuwana Dzidzo
4. "Thanks" from IFLA Attendee from Vladivostok, Russia
5. Korean ("accessibility")
6. French: Oui! ["Yes"] - with smile in letter "O"
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Description of Above Photo: IFLA-Boston August 20-24,
2001 Poster Session #47 by Ellen Perlow. Contributions, various translations of
the term "Accessibility" (Left to right, Top to Bottom):
1. English ("Encourage and uplift")
2. Swedish: "Toegankelykheid"
3. Spanish: Es bonitol!
4. Spanish ("health") Sano
5. From IFLA Attendee from Ghana: "That is great. Love is based in positive
words."
6. French: Difference et Tolerance (accents aguis whre appropriate)
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Description of Above Photo: IFLA-Boston August 20-24,
2001 Poster Session #47 by Ellen Perlow. Contributions, various translations of
the term "Accessibility" (Left to right, Top to Bottom):
1. English: "We"
2. English: "Believe"
3. English: "Strength"
4. English: "Unique"
5. English: "Able"
6. English: "Unlimited" "Amazing" "Inspiration" "Skilled"
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Description of Above Photo: IFLA-Boston August 20-24,
2001 Poster Session #47 by Ellen Perlow. Contributions, various translations of
the term "Accessibility" (Left to right, Top to Bottom):
1. English: "IFLA's Accessibility Section": [Ellen's] positive suggestion
to which to rename the relevant IFLA Section. "(A for Accessibility!)"
2. English: "BPH" (as in BPH Libraries), positively, wouldn't it be great
if BPH stood for:
"Brilliant, Perfect, and Happy Libraries!" (we can dream, can't we?)
3. English: "Inclusive"
4. English: "Thank You! Educate Contribute Human": Contribution of LIS
graduste student from University of Rhode Island
5. English: "Awesome"
6. English: "Enable" "Empower" "You go, girl! [American slang]
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Description of Above Photo: IFLA-Boston August 20-24,
2001 Poster Session #47 by Ellen Perlow. Contributions, various translations of
the term "Accessibility" (Left to right, Top to Bottom):
1. English/Spanish: "Great=Neat Accesibilidad"
2. German: "Mensen die Verschillendryn" "Unterschied" ("difference" in
English)
3. Hebrew: "Kehilah Negishah" (in English: "Accessible Community")
4. Arabic ("accessibility") "ejabia"
5. Farsi ("accessibility")
6. Bulgarian ("accessibility")
7. Arabic ("accessibility") pronounced "etchol": Contribution by Boston
taxi cab driver from Lebanon in route to IFLA Reception at Massachusetts State
House, August 22, 2001 (written on envelope for invitation to reception)
Accessibility in American Sign Language-Finger Spelling
Handsigns provided on Finger Spelling Wizard Website:
http://www.iwaynet.net/%7Eggwiz/asl/
copyright Ellen Perlow
January 2002
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Another version of this poster was presented at the American
Library Association 4th Annual Diversity Fair at the American Library
Association Annual Conference in San Francisco, Saturday, June 16, 2001. Please
visit
Ellen's A for Accessibility: Positive Wins Every Time webpage to learn
about this presentation.
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