Serving the visually impaired user

GL Wade - portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2003 - muse.jhu.edu
Providing service to visually impaired persons can provide a special challenge to librarians.
This article provides suggestions on making libraries more accessible. Both technological …

[PDF][PDF] Library and information services to the visually impaired persons

J Rayini - Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 2017 - core.ac.uk
Visually impaired people have the same information needs as sighted people. Just as
sighted people might read a newspaper, listen to a CD or download electronic information …

Living Well with a Disability: How Libraries Can Help.

J Klauber - American Libraries, 1998 - ERIC
Provides an example of how libraries can play an instrumental role in breaking the
information barrier by providing good, positive, practical information to help people cope …

Assistive technologies for library patrons with visual disabilities

M Sunrich, R Green - Journal of access services, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This study provides an overview of the various products available for library patrons with
blindness or visual impairments. To provide some insight into the status of library services …

[图书][B] Serving Print Disabled Library Patrons: A Textbook for Facilitators of Library Service to People with Visual or Physical Impairments.

BE Massis - 1996 - ERIC
University and public librarians faced with an increasing demand for reading materials in
alternate formats need to develop the skills required in providing adequate library service to …

[HTML][HTML] Hiring students with disabilities in the academic library

MA Dick, DE Jones - Illinois Libraries, 1999 - lib.niu.edu
Most of us who work in academic libraries have frequent contact with students who have
disabilities of various kinds—visual impairments, blindness, physical impairments, learning …

Library services for persons with disabilities

J Mendle - Library Users and Reference Services, 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) prohibits discrimination with respect to the
disabled in public entities and in “public accommodations and services operated by private …

Adapting for Impaired Patrons.

M Schuyler - Computers in libraries, 1999 - ERIC
Describes how a library, with an MCI Corporation grant, approached the process of setting
up computers for the visually impaired. Discusses preparations, which included hiring a …

[图书][B] Access to Libraries for Persons with Disabilities: Checklist. IFLA Professional Reports, No. 89.

B Irvall, GS Nielsen - 2005 - ERIC
In many countries all over the world, access for patrons with disabilities to use libraries is not
yet available or even expected. In order to provide equal opportunities for all library users, it …

The three T's for a talking online catalog: technology, teamwork, teaching

WC Grant, DE Jones - Information technology and libraries, 1993 - search.proquest.com
The Three T ’s for a Talking Online Page 1 193 The Three T ’s for a Talking Online Catalog :
Technology, Teamwork, Teaching Wallace C. Grant and Dorothy E. Jones With the passage of …