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The Changing Landscape of Networked Resource Description
Stuart WeibelThe first column in this series appeared not long after the OCLC/ NCSA Metadata Workshop, an effort to bring together experts from various stakeholder communities from the…
Scanning the past: A modern approach to ancient culture
Traianos GagosThe University of Michigan owns one of the largest collections of ancient papyri. In 1991 a project was initiated to explore image capture of papyri in the Michigan collection…
Libraries and the empowerment of persons with disabilities
Tom McNultyThis special theme issue of Library Hi Tech includes eight articles on technology and its impact on persons with disabilities. These articles represent a cross‐section of current…
Libraries and the empowerment of persons with disabilities: An introduction
Tom McNultyA few years ago, when the Americans with Disabilities Act was new and causing much concern among librarians and library administrators, it was difficult to find an issue of any…
Wayfinding in libraries
Susan Gilbert BeckIn recent years, librarians, as a profession, have attempted to identify individual users' needs. Librarians in the past have served their communities with people, rather than the…
Serving the library needs of students with physical disabilities
Marilyn GraubartThe University of Missouri‐Kansas City (UMKC) is one of four campuses of the University of Missouri (UM). As an urban university, it is committed to serving the needs of urban…
The adaptable approach: A practical guide to planning accessible libraries
Alan CantorOn the road to making libraries more accessible to people with disabilities, librarians often get stuck in technological mud. The choices are overwhelming, and many librarians…
The rise of the graphical user interface
Alistair D.N. EdwardsIntroduction One of the most important developments in information technology over the past ten years or so, quite apart from the massive improvements in hardware technology, has…
Universal access and the ada: A disability access design specification for the new UCLA library online information system
Daniel Hilton Chalfen, Sharon E. FarbThe time‐honored, fundamental mission of American libraries is to provide universal access to information, collections, materials, and services. In passing the Americans with…
Access to library internet services for patrons with disabilities: Pragmatic considerations for developers
Courtney Deines‐JonesMany libraries are using Internet access to improve patron services. In the United States, an estimated 21 percent of public libraries have some type of Internet connection, with…
Levelling the road ahead: Guidelines for the creation of www pages accessible to blind and visually handicapped users
Judith M. DixonTraditionally, it has been the role of the librarian to locate, select, organize, and disseminate mainly print information resources. With the advent of online services, this role…
Recording for the blind and dyslexic: The development of an internet accessible online catalog
Steve NobleRecording for the Blind and Dyslexic (formerly Recording for the Blind) has been providing audio recordings of educational texts since its founding in 1948. RFB&D's master tape…
Articles worth noting July‐December 1995
Walt CrawfordWant to keep up with personal computing periodicals? It's not easy. One look at the magazine racks in any good bookstore will show you that there are too many PC magazines out…
Enhancing a new design for subject access to online catalogs
Karen M. DrabenstottSearch trees are a set of paths with branches or choices that enable a system to carry out the most sensible search approach at each stage of a search. A new design for subject…
Multiple non‐roman scripts in aleph—israel's research library network
Susan S. Lazinger, Judith LeviAs the only country in the world in which Hebrew is the official language, Israel found it necessary to develop software enabling its research library catalogs from the outset to…
Reader of the Packs: What's in those hanging CD‐ROM strips?
Walt CrawfordIf you frequent computer or software stores, you must have seen them: 5ft. 10 PAKs, One Stop CD‐Shops, and other packs offering ten or more assorted CD‐ROMs for around $30. Some…
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- Dr Dickson K.W. Chiu
- Dr Kevin K.W. Ho