[12656] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
ARL; Transforming Libraries/Disabilities
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Robinson Indexing Services)
Wed Jan 13 20:04:12 1999
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 17:53:48 -0500
From: Dan Robinson Indexing Services <drobinson@info.hwwilson.com>
In-Reply-To: <E5353CDF1EBBD011A3B70000F86312410254B595@oa4-server.dev.oclc.org>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: drobinson@hwwilson.com
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Please contact GraceAnne for more information or if you want to
participate. I'm just passing this on. Seems like the kind of thing
for PACS-L. Some people may have seen this on other lists.
Dan Robinson
drobinson@hwwilson.com
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January 3, 1999
Dear colleagues and friends,
Happy new year! I am about to embark on a six- week project for the
Association of Research Libraries, writing another in their
"Transforming Libraries" series. This one focuses on service to
people with disabilities. "Transforming Libraries" attempts to take
a snapshot of where academic libraries are at a particular point in
time: in this one, we are trying to come to grips with a number of
questions about assistive technology.
We want to know: what kinds of equipment are college and university
libraries using for their computer setups and screens? Are they
designing equipment themselves? What kinds of vendors are they
using? How are they locating specialized equipment? How are they
getting funding for these specialized needs?
Are they addressing all kinds of needs, or are they prioritizing
based on specific needs on their own campus? Where and how are they
getting information about their specific needs? Are they working
with groups on campus? How are they letting people know what special
arrangements are or can be made available?
I would be interested in comments in response to these questions and
others; and I am particularly interested in interviewing librarians
who are responding to these kinds of questions on their own
campuses. I would also like, if possible, to interview students with
disabilities who are using their college libraries and finding them
responsive to their particular needs. These interviews can be
conducted via e-mail or telephone. I will also be interviewing
people at the American Library Association Midwinter meeting in
Philadelphia Jan 29-Feb 3, 1999.
I am building on some basic information available from a 95-96 ARL
survey (Results of the entire survey are at
<ftp://www.arl.org/stat/innovate/innov96.txt> The survey is
described briefly at <http://www.arl.org/stats/specproj/> and you can
get the raw data there as well). My own credentials and c.v. are
available on my web site, see URL in my sig file, below.
Please feel free to post this message to other lists where there may
be interest. Thanks very much.
Best,
GraceAnne
GraceAnne A. DeCandido
Blue Roses Editorial and Web Consulting
350 E. 236th St.
Bronx, NY 10470-2104
voice: 718/994-7794 * fax: 718/994-9851
E-mail ladyhawk@well.com
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