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Peer reviewedWade, Gretchen L. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2003
Providing service to visually impaired persons can provide a special challenge to librarians. This article provides suggestions on making libraries more accessible. Both technological solutions and staff training are addressed. (Author)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Assistive Technology, Disabilities, Information Technology
Schuyler, Michael – Computers in Libraries, 1999
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 visually-impaired user as a consultant and contacting the VIP (Visually Impaired Persons) group; equipment; problems with the graphical user interface; and training.…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Oriented Programs, Costs, Grants
Peer reviewedOliver, Kent – Public Libraries, 1997
When the Johnson County Library (Shawnee Mission, Kansas) went the extra mile to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an intensive program of building modification, new equipment acquisition, staff education, and community-awareness promotion was the result. A Disabilities Awareness Month was also launched. (AEF)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Building Design, Community Involvement, County Libraries
Peer reviewedOzowa, V. N.; Sule, N. N. – World Libraries, 1997
The Federal Government of Nigeria was granted US $120 million by the World Bank for solving long-standing university library problems, like small and poor quality of library collections, lack of library equipment, and training of staff. Recommends fiscal measures and asserts the credit facility serves as a palliative for the problem of information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Federal Aid, Financial Policy, Foreign Countries
Ensor, Pat; And Others – 1987
This task force report outlines a five-year strategic plan for the Indiana State University Library. The plan discusses expected changes and provides recommendations as to how to best meet new needs in eight areas: (1) the environment, including financial support, use of library resources, and changes in the composition of the user group; (2) user…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Automation, Library Collection Development
Download full textla Plante, Jane – 1995
This survey was conducted in order to determine how well the students at Minot State University (North Dakota) feel the Gordon B. Olson Library is fulfilling its mission of providing them with "convenient access to high quality information resources and services which support teaching, learning, and research." One objective of this…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Musana, A., Ed.; And Others – 1988
These reports and papers from a training course which brought together information services professionals from Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, the Sudan, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Botswana, and Swaziland address the following topics: (1) information systems analysis; (2) the state of the art in bibliographic control in Eastern and…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Administration, Budgeting, Cataloging
