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Volunteering opportunity

Hi VIS 2022 will take place between 6th – 19th June

it would be great if you can help us join in this celebration of ‘all things’ related to accessible libraries and reading. The availability of alternative formats and cultural engagement through libraries is critical to ensuring that people who are blind, or who have sight loss or anything that stops them from using stand...

Libraries Connected Awards 2021

Libraries Connected have just announced the shortlisted entries for their inaugural awards, which cover the Universal Offers and Promises, including the Vision and Print Impaired People's Promise. Each of these entries has gone above and beyond expectations during the past, challenging year-and-a-half to adapt and expand ...

Tweet from RNIB Library: We've loved seeing all the fab #HiVIS2021 from libraries across the country. #LibrariesRock

HiVIS2021 – Thanks for getting involved

HiVIS2021 took place this year 7-20 June and was centred on the diversity of reading. Loads of libraries got involved in celebrating accessible reading and highlighting a fantastic range of services and activities. Thank you to everyone who got involved, especially given all the challenges of the pandemic. We will be in ...

Hi VIS 2021 (7-20 June 2021) – The diversity of reading

Hi VIS 2021 will take place between 7th–20th June, and this year we will be celebrating the diversity of reading. Hi VIS (formerly Make A Noise in Libraries) fortnight seeks each year to highlight the wonderful world of accessible reading. Reading is something that can and does bring us together, regardless of what or how...

Two ladies in a visually impaired reading group meeting

The new Vision and Print Impaired People’s Promise

In 2020, Share The Vision, a coalition of UK organisations that work together to improve the quality, availability and accessibility of library services for people with a vision or print impairment, revised the ‘Six Steps’ Promise, which sits alongside the Libraries Connected Universal Offers. Fundamentally, the core pri...

New Strategic Partnership

On 8 June 2020, Share The Vision and The Ulverscroft Foundation announced a new and exciting 3 year strategic partnership, with the aim to highlight and develop accessible library services - Great news to coincide with #HiVIS2020, for all visually-impaired library users, and those working in the sector. The two organisati...

Hi VIS Fortnight – Celebrating the word in all its formats

Same aim; different name ‘Make A Noise In Libraries’ is changing into ‘Hi VIS’ from this year. The celebration of accessible library services and alternative formats will be taking place during the first two weeks of June, as before (1-14th June 2020); it will still be aiming to champion and raise awareness of the range o...