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PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT
The final report of the REVIEL (Resources for Visually
Impaired users of the Electronic Library) project has now
been published by the Centre for Research in Library
and Information Management, details are as follows:
"The Integrated Accessible Library: A model
of service development for the 21st century".
As we enter the Information Age, we risk excluding a
million of our citizens - people who have some form of
serious visual impairment. Many are elderly and
relatively isolated - others are young people in work - or
even young children: people who need access to
information and to works of imagination: novels, plays,
poetry, pictures, video and new multimedia packages.
The information and communications technology
revolution ought to be a passport to inclusiveness:
instead it risks perpetrating inequality. Libraries – the
access points to information for so many of us need to
keep up with the technology of access.
The 'Integrated Accessible Library: A model of service
development for the 21st century' makes the case for a
national initiative to make all library and information
services accessible to people who are blind or have a
visual impairment. The Resources for Visually Impaired
Users of the Electronic Library (REVIEL) Project has
investigated the current state of accessible services
and explored what would be needed to achieve national
excellence in this field. A model is presented in 'The
Integrated Accessible Library' which if implemented
would enable libraries to fulfil their responsibilities to
provide inclusive services, ensuring that no-one is
excluded because of their visual impairment.
As we move into increasingly electronic information
environments, in which visual images are playing an
increasing role as carriers of content, inclusion cannot
be achieved by default or by wishful thinking or by small
bands of committed volunteers. Making all library and
information services accessible should be on the
agenda of every information professional and every
policy maker. Working together, we can reach the goal
of accessible services.
ORDERING DETAILS:
Brophy, P. and Craven, J. The Integrated Accessible
Library: A model of service development for the 21st
century.
British Library Research & Innovation Report 168
CERLIM, 1999. ISBN: 0 9535343 1 6
Price: £18 including post and packing
Electronic version available on request.
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IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR AMOUNTS LESS THAN £50.
If your order is for less than this amount please send a
cheque made payable to ‘Manchester Metropolitan
University’ to the address below and the report/s will be
dispatched to you as soon as possible.
Many thanks in advance
The CERLIM Research Team
CERLIM
Department of Information and Communications
Manchester Metropolitan University
Geoffrey Manton Building
Rosamond Street West
Off Oxford Road
Manchester
M15 6LL
Tel: + 44 (0)161 247 6142
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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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