AIMVirginia

10/29/2025

Wonderful event on November 12th by the George Mason College of Visual and Performing Arts!

From curation to practical application, how can visual art spaces enhance immersive experiences for all patrons? What are the latest trends and limitations in accessibility tools? How can curators both support and serve as advocates for accessibility in the visual arts? Speakers will discuss practices for integrating assistive technologies and other techniques that advance accessibility in the visual arts, ensuring galleries are welcoming and inclusive. Guests are encouraged to bring additional questions to pose to the speakers, to expand and enhance the conversation for everyone involved. After the event concludes, guests are welcome to continue the conversation and explore the gallery’s current exhibition.

From curation to practical application, how can visual art spaces enhance immersive experiences for all patrons? What are the latest trends and limitations in accessibility tools? How can curators both support and serve as advocates for accessibility in the visual arts? Speakers will discuss practic...

09/30/2025

Check it out!

The National Center on Accessible Digital Educational Materials and Instruction (NCADEMI) has released Accessibility Basics, a practical guide designed to help educators enhance the accessibility of their classroom content.

Learn more at https://ncademi.org/resources/basics/

08/15/2025

Welcome back from Summer! Are your K-12 students ready for the Fall semester? Head over to the AIM-VA catalog and check out our accessible educational materials!

05/22/2025

Friendly Reminder: May is National Mental Health Awareness Month.

As your K-12 students begin to prepare for final exams and the end of the 2024-25 school year, be sure to check on their mental health as well as your fellow colleagues' mental health!

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We are grateful for your continued support in raising awareness and helping to break the stigma.

03/31/2025

On this last day of Women's History Month, we urge you and your students to check out some reading books from our catalog that are about notable women throughout history who were scientists, civil rights activists and leaders, athletes, poets, as well as books that were written by great women authors. Here are just a handful of titles that we offer in various digital formats for reading levels ranging from Early Elementary up to High School.

Please contact our Help Desk if you would like assistance in finding other titles!

Happy Reading and Happy Women's History Month!!

03/13/2025

03/13/2025

This live-streamed event by American Foundation for the Blind coming up on Monday, March 17th looks exciting!

On March 17th at 3 pm ET, join us for a special live-streamed event as we unveil a never-before-heard recording of Helen Keller!

The Dot Experience of the American Printing House for the Blind (APH), a longtime collaborator of AFB and steward of the AFB and Helen Keller Archives, has meticulously preserved two rare disc recordings discovered in the AFB time capsule. These recordings feature a powerful speech by Helen Keller and a unique glimpse into life in New York City in 1934.

Celebrate Helen Keller’s enduring legacy as one of the world’s great women leaders whose impact continues to inspire generations on our event livestream: https://ow.ly/4pt050Vg3J4.

02/28/2025

We continue to honor and celebrate Black History Month at AIM-VA!

Please goo to our catalog to find various accessible formats of reading books about/or written by famous black Americans for your students such as:

Barack Obama: Our 44th President
Frederick Douglass: A Voice for Freedom in the 1800's
Harriet Tubman
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali

I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou
The Dreamkeeper and other poems by Langston Hughes
Their Eyes Were Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Please contact our help desk if you need help finding titles or formats =)

Happy Reading!

02/21/2025

As we continue our Black History Month celebration, please consider this reading book for your late elementary/middle school students about the march on Washington. Go to our catalog and search by title- we have the book in PDF:Accessible, Fully Accessble PDF, and WORD/Google doc.

Happy Reading!

02/18/2025

For some of our students in certain counties in Virginia this week, you might have some reasons to stay inside and enjoy winter reading novels!

Go to the AIM-VA portal catalog to check out some of our reading books in various digital formats such as Brave Irene, The Case of the Great Sled Race, Owl Moon, Cam Jensen and the Snow Day Mystery, and more! Happy Reading!

02/11/2025

Celebrate and recognize Black History Month by reading with us!

AIM-VA has dozens of books for all grade levels that recognize black Americans throughout our history who have made invaluable contributions to science, music, sports, the Civil Rights movement, the arts, and so much more.

When trying to find them in our catalog, search Reading Books (levels early elementary, late elementary, middle school, high school) and Supplemental Books (usually early elementary) by Title.

Below are just a few of the many we have! Contact our Help Desk for more information. =)

01/10/2025

Happy New Year and Happy Snow Days! We thought you could use a listing of local public libraries in Virginia as this week (and for some counties, next week as well) is perfect for staying in and reading with your children. 🤓😎🥶 Stay warm and read a book!

To find a library by county click on the county or city name. Regional libraries will be listed under their counties or cities name.