As a librarian who lurks on this list (I have a responsibility as a
disability liaison person, for want of a better expression, for Coventry
University Libraries), and one who has little to do with ancient folios,
the librarians are likely to be concerned with two things -
- bright lights etc might disturb other library users (but that doesn't
sound like a REAL matter for concern in this case)
- more importantly they would want to be quite sure the types of light
being used wouldn't damage ancient and delicate documents - not, again,
likely to be a problem in this instance but my understanding is that it
can sometimes be.
Illuminated magnifiers are widely available. One of my other minor vices
is model engineering - and many shops which deal with such kit have
various free standing and head mounted products for making the workpiece
clearer to see and better illuminated which might be useful...
Loretto O'Callaghan wrote:
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> Why should the librarians be offended? At 11:58 30/10/98 -0000, you wrote:
> >A client is trying to undertake research requiring access to ancient
> >folios. He has a visual impairment, and is looking for something portable
> >which can both illuminate and magnify the text (and which will not offend
> >the librarians).
> >
> >Any suggestions please?
> >
> >
> >
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