Chesterfield Listening Group oral history project, 2009-2010

This oral history project comprises 21 interviews with members of Chesterfield Library's Listening Group. These interviews were carried out in 2009 and 2010 by members of the group and look at early childhood reading, reading equipment used for the visually impaired and the activities of the Listening Group.

In 2009, with funding from English Heritage and Derbyshire County Council, the Chesterfield Listening Group at Chesterfield Library started an oral history project. Members of the Listening Group interviewed each other about their experiences of the Group, of using libraries, of reading with impaired vision, and of using audio books.

Available for general access

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Born digital

The project CD is called 'Listen to Us. The story of how a group of Visually Impaired People came together to form a popular Listening Group at Chesterfield Library' and was created by Colin Hyde at EMOHA from selections made by Chesterfield Librarian, Sandra Rollinson in consultation with members of the Listening Group.