The TESTLAB Project--Testing Systems Using Telematics for Library Access for Blind and Visually Handicapped Readers.

Deines-Jones, Courtney

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Publication Date: 1998

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The TESTLAB Project--Testing Systems Using Telematics for Library Access for Blind and Visually Handicapped Readers.

Deines-Jones, Courtney

Library Hi Tech News, n150 p18-19,31 Mar 1998

Provides an overview of TESTLAB, a cooperative project of libraries in Austria, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom that addresses improved library access for visually impaired users. A sampling of TESTLAB projects is presented, and a TESTLAB survey on electronic service provision is described. Future efforts and implications are discussed. (AEF)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Blindness, Document Delivery, Foreign Countries, Library Automation, Library Catalogs, Library Materials, Library Services, Online Catalogs, Surveys, Users (Information), Visual Impairments

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Austria; Ireland; Netherlands; United Kingdom

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