Georgia Board of Regents

The Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS) will organize a planning committee from approximately 40 national leaders with expertise in library accessibility to plan the development of an open-source software system for libraries that serve users with visual or other impairments that prevent their use of traditional printed and text-based materials. GPLS, as the original developer of the very successful Evergreen Integrated Library System software, is uniquely qualified to lead this project to develop open-source software that helps libraries provide more effective management and delivery of “talking book” services. The planning grant activities will produce a set of core functional requirements and other information needed to guide the anticipated future development of this software.