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- Subject: A new list...
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- Project EASI, Equal Access to Software and Information, has just
- started a new electronic discussion list on disability access to
- libraries. Dick Banks from U. Wisconsin at Stout will be its
- moderator. Anyone wanting to join the list or get further
- information about it should contact Dick rbanks@uwstout.edu.
-
- EASI is starting the list to:
-
- 1. provide a forum to share questions and answers about how to
- make
-
- 2. provide a platform from which to reach libraries which are not
- yet considering seriously the question of access for users with
- disabilities.
-
- 3. provide a platform from which to lobby vendors of electronic
- library services to create tools that are already highly
- accessible.
-
- 4. encourage electronic networks and network information services
- to make their facilities as accessible as possible to users with
- disabilities.
-
- 5. create and provide EASI services to assist campus libraries and
- information providers with resources to assist them in becoming
- more disability accessible.
-
- The print handicapped have the possibility of making ready use
- of libraries for the first time. Mobility impaired persons have
- the possibility of making use of libraries without travel. It is
- important that these new electronic services be built from the
- ground up with access awareness rather than having to become
- modified later. Please join us in this important task.
-
- Norman Coombs
- Chair, Project EASI
- Professor of HIstory
- Rochester Institute of Technology.
- nrcgsh@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
-
- Dick BAnks
- easilibxs moderator
- Adaptive Technologist
- Library Learning Center
- University of Wisconsin-Stout
- rbanks@uwstout.edu
-
-
- For information about Project EASI:
- easi@educom.bitnet or easi@educom.edu
-
- A project of EDUCOM's Educational Uses of Information Technology
- Program (EUIT), EASI provides information and guidance on campus
- applications of adaptive computer technology for access to
- information resources, instruction, research and employment.
- EASI's membership includes professionals from throughout the United
- States, Canada and other countries.
-