Library Hi Tech: Volume 20 Issue 2

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Accessibility of Web‐based information resources for people with disabilities

Axel Schmetzke

To a large extent, disability is a social construct. Whether individuals with “disabilities” can pursue independent and fulfilling lives is not so much a matter of their…

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[Image] [Image] [Image] [Link] [Link] [Link]: inaccessible Web design from the perspective of a blind librarian

Valerie Lewis, Julie Klauber

This article looks at Web design accessibility from the perspective of a librarian who is legally blind. It describes her experiences using computers and the Internet with…

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Voyager 2000: a review of accessibility for persons with visual disabilities

Robert Axtell, Judith M. Dixon

The authors evaluate the accessibility for persons with visual disabilities of WebVoyage 2000, the online public access catalog from Endeavor. They briefly review the assistive…

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Viewing the sunrise: iPac 2.0 accessibility

Susan M. Johns

iPac 2.0, the Web‐based online catalog of epixtech, inc., was scheduled to go into general release for Dynix and Horizon Sunrise customers in the fourth quarter 2001. Previous…

Reading between the lines: an evaluation of WindowEyes screen reader as a reference tool for teaching and learning

Vibiana Bowman

WindowEyes Version 4.1 for Microsoft Windows 95, 98 and ME, was used in conjunction with three full‐text databases frequently accessed by undergraduate students at academic…

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Accessibility and usability of Web‐based library databases for non‐visual users

Suzanne L. Byerley, Mary Beth Chambers

The ADA mandates that library programs and services be accessible to people with disabilities. With the advent of the WWW, the popularity of commercial Web‐based resources in…

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Libraries, aggregator databases, screen readers and clients with disabilities

Cheryl A. Riley

Three aggregator databases, EBSCOhost, InfoTrac, and First Search Electronic Collections Online (ECO), were analyzed for compliance with the Web accessibility guidelines published…

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An accessibility assessment of selected Web‐based health information resources

Sarah K. McCord, Linda Frederiksen, Nicole Campbell

The Internet has created new opportunities to make quality health information more widely available to both researchers and the general public. However, not all that information…

Evaluating opportunities for expanded information access: a study of the accessibility of four online databases

Jennifer Horwath

The author presents the results of a survey conducted for the purpose of evaluating the accessibility of four proprietary Web‐based online resources: EBSCOhost MasterFile Elite…

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Establishing accessibility for e‐journals: a suggested approach

Bryna Coonin

Libraries in the USA are required by law to make library programs and services accessible to people with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 508 of…

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Making Web‐based tables accessible for users of screen readers

Dagmar Amtmann, Kurt Johnson, Debbie Cook

Reading and understanding information presented in tabular format have posed specific challenges for blind individuals who use screen readers to access computers. In this article…

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Penn State’s new “cybrary” at Harrisburg – a talk with Dr Harold Shill

Morell D. Boone

The development of the “cybrary” within the last 15 years represents both a conceptual and a structural change in traditional library design. Clients now conceive of libraries as…

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Wireless use in libraries

Rebecca A. Graham

A look at computing literature in general and library literature in particular over the last few years reveals steadily increasing interest and investment by libraries in the use…

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Copyright in the networked world: new rules for images

Michael Seadle

Two recent court cases have redefined how images may be used on the Internet without copyright infringement. The Bridgeman case is based explicitly on British as well as US law…

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Cover of Library Hi Tech

ISSN:

0737-8831

Online date, start – end:

1983

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Dickson K.W. Chiu
  • Dr Kevin K.W. Ho