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Peer reviewedKaplan, Denise, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1990
Eight authors discuss five questions related to user searching of online catalogs: What user needs can be met by online assistance? Should assistance be tailored to particular groups? Should there be more than one level of assistance? Do users learn through computer-assisted instruction? and Will increased system friendliness eliminate the need…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Library Automation, Library Role
Peer reviewedDixon, Judith M. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Suggests guidelines for creating World Wide Web sites that accommodate those using speech or braille aids. Hypertext Markup Language coding should provide (1) one-column format rather than side-by-side columns; (2) stand-alone hyperlinks; (3) "ALT=" attributes for image displays; (4) text alternatives to images or image maps as links or…
Descriptors: Braille, Computer Graphics, Electronic Text, Hypermedia
Peer reviewedEdwards, Alastair D. N. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Discusses the history of the graphical user interface (GUI) and the growing realization that adaptations must be made to it lest its visual nature discriminate against nonsighted or sight-impaired users. One of the most popular commercially developed adaptations is to develop sounds that signal the location of icons or menus to mouse users.…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces, Computer Peripherals
