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Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, Austin, TX. National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research. – 2001
This booklet offers guidance for increasing the dissemination and utilization of information (especially federally funded disability research) through development of user-friendly materials and alternate formats. Individual sections address: the distinction between alternate formats and accessibility, suggested policies to help define approaches…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Accessibility (for Disabled), Diffusion (Communication), Disabilities
Carey, John; Siegeltuch, Mark – 1982
This report presents the findings of research conducted at 10 public sites during the Alternate Media Center/WETA-TV teletext trial in Washington, D.C., from June 1981 to July 1982, in which two different services were tested using Telidon technology. The first, which is characterized as a small electronic newspaper, placed more emphasis on timely…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Costs, Field Studies, Information Networks
Cain, Anne; Zorbas, Elaine – 1983
In April 1981 the staff of the Pasadena Public Library in California began a 2-year study of the Pasadena community and its library operations in order to develop long and short range plans that match library services with changing community information needs. A 5-year plan was compiled with nine major goals related to developing a user-oriented…
Descriptors: Community Study, Information Needs, Information Services, Library Planning