| FEATURES
|
How
We Renovated Our Library, Physically and Electronically, for Handicapped
Patrons
This article
offers a great explanation of how one organization designed and set up
workstations that can serve patrons with various disabilities. The authors
from this state library discuss how they chose furniture, hardware, and
software, and also began the daunting task of upgrading their 700-page
Web site.
by Cheryl
H. Kirkpatrick and Catherine Buck Morgan
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Page 24 |
How
We Work to Make the Web Speak![[Full Text]](../ft.gif)
There's
a group in Denmark that focuses specifically on teaching electronic content
providers how to make their Web sites accessible to people who have impairments
of their sight, hearing, or motor skills. This author gives specific tips
about what to do to your Web site, along with examples of the success she's
had so far.
by Susie
Christensen
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Page 30 |
New
Mexico Tribal Libraries: Bridging the Digital Divide
If the phrase
"heartwarming technology" seems like an oxymoron to you, then you'll want
to read this article. You'll learn how a computer-donation program from
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been expanding the horizons
of Native Americans who live in the remote deserts of the Southwest.
by Jessica
Dorr and Richard Akeroyd
|
Page 36 |
Finding
Our Way Through the Maze of Adaptive Technology
When these
librarians decided to buy adaptive technology, they took to heart a phrase
that's popular with differently abled people: "Nothing about us without
us." So the library formed a focus group of local patrons with various
disabilities. The group's input had a great effect on the purchasing decisions.
by Anne
Little and Kathleen Millington
|
Page 44 |
How
Librarians Serve People in Prison
If you've
ever wondered about how people in prison access information, this article
will satisfy your curiosity. Follow this prison librarian through the gates,
through the security check, and into the world of delivering legal information
to inmates. Prison libraries change lives!
by Rebecca
Dixen and Stephanie Thorson
|
Page 48 |
| COLUMNS
|
The
View from the Top Left Corner
Red Alert! Worms, Hackers,
and Viruses
by Michael Schuyler
|
Page 54 |
Online
Treasures
Many a Slip
by Janet
L. Balas
|
Page 58 |
Building
Digital Libraries
Making Your Digital Library
Accessible
by Kim
Guenther
|
Page 61 |
Coming
Full Circle
Be Careful What You Wish
For
by Andrew
K. Pace
|
Page 64 |
| DEPARTMENTS
|
Editor's
Notes
Expectations
Exceeded!
by Kathy Dempsey
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Page 6 |
| Newsline |
Page 8 |
| People &
Places |
Page 68 |
| SPECIAL
SECTION
|
| How to Contribute
to CIL 2002 |
Page 57 |
| ADVERTISING
|
| Library
Tech Connection [PDF]
|
Page 71 |
| Index
to Advertisers
|
Page 72 |
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