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EXCLUDED FROM THE LIBRARY?
Electronic Libraries and Visually Impaired People
EXPERT WORKSHOP
Resources for Visually Impaired users of the Electronic Library
(REVIEL) Project
The purpose of this Workshop is to report on work being undertaken to
make electronic information resources accessible to blind and
partially-sighted people, and to receive feedback from service
providers. The Workshop is intended for staff in libraries who wish to
influence service policy and are concerned to ensure that services are
inclusive.
Wednesday 9th December 1998, 11am - 4.45pm
VENUE:
National Library for the Blind
Cromwell Road, Bredbury
Stockport SK6 2SG
SPEAKERS:
Gill Burrington, Deborah Ryan, Peter Brophy, Jenny Craven
PROGRAMME
11.00 Registration and coffee
11.30 Welcome and introduction to REVIEL
11.40 The importance of accessibility in libraries
12.10 Projects TESTLAB and PIP
12.45 Lunch
1.45 Stuck in the web: inaccessible web design
2.15 Providing a library service to VIP students: practical issues
2.45 Discussion
3.00 Tea/coffee - plus optional tour of NLB
3.30 Guidelines and Standards: suitable electronic library services
for visually impaired users
4.00 Final discussion
4.30 Summing up
4.45 Workshop ends
There is no charge for the Workshop, but participants MUST
pre-register with CERLIM by contacting Jenny Craven, Research Fellow,
Centre for Research in Library and Information Management (CERLIM)
Dept. Information and Communications The Manchester Metropolitan
University Geoffrey Manton Building Rosamond Street West off Oxford
Road Manchester M15 6LL 0161 247 6142 (email [log in to unmask])
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Jenny Craven, Researcher
The Centre for Research in Library and Information Management (CERLIM)
Dept. Information and Communications
The Manchester Metropolitan University
Geoffrey Manton Building
Rosamond Street West
off Oxford Road
Manchester M15 6LL
0161 247 6142 (email [log in to unmask])
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