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Just thought members of this list might be interested in this report - CLAUD does very good work on promoting disability awareness, and accessibility in academic libraries. Eileen Nazha Main Library Queen Mary, University of London CLAUD is pleased to announce the following publication: Sandra Jones. Recommendations To Improve Accessibility for Disabled Users in Academic Libraries. Bristol: CLAUD, 2002. 51p. spiral binding. ISBN 0954381807. CLAUD is a consortium of libraries in higher education networking to improve library access for users with disabilities in South and Southwest England. Between 2000 and 2002 it ran the HEFCE-funded Claudine Project, one of whose tasks was to survey CLAUD's 16 member institutions in order to monitor levels of service delivery to students with disabilities. This publication is a contribution to the compilation of standards of good practice in the UK academic library sector. Its summary of conclusions and recommendations on physical access, services and equipment is accompanied by the detailed questions and results of the questionnaires. Price, including postage and package, £7.50. Copies can be obtained, with cheques made payable to CLAUD, from: Stuart Macwilliam Treasurer CLAUD c/o Exeter University Library Stocker Road Exeter EX4 4PT ---------------------- Lee Snook Assistant Librarian Science & Social Sciences University Library, Stocker Road, Exeter, Devon. EX4 4PT Tel: 01392 263884 Fax: 01392 263871 Email: [log in to unmask] ------- End of forwarded message ------- ------- End of forwarded message -------