Information Technologies and Disabilities Table of Contents v2n04 (December 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/itd/itd-v2n04-contents (ITDV02N4 CONTENTS) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DISABILITIES ISSN 1073-5127 Volume II, No. 4 December, 1995 Individual _ITD_ articles and departments are archived on the St. John's University gopher. To access the journal via gopher, locate the St. John's University (New York) gopher. Select "Disability and Rehabilitation Resources" and from the next menu, select "EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information." _Information Technology and Disabilities_ is an item on the EASI menu. They are also available on the web at http://www.rit.edu/~easi/easijrnl/easijrnl.html To retrieve individual articles and departments by e-mail from the listserv: address an e-mail message to: listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu leave subject line blank The message text should include the word "get" followed by the two word file name; for example: get ITDV02N4 contents Each article and department has a unique filename; that name is listed below the article or department in parentheses. Do NOT include the parentheses with the filename when sending the "get" command to listserv. NOTE: ONLY ONE ITEM MAY BE RETRIEVED PER MESSAGE; DO NOT SEND MULTIPLE GET COMMANDS IN A SINGLE E-MAIL MESSAGE TO LISTSERV. To receive the journal regularly, send e-mail to listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu with no subject and either of the following lines for text: subscribe ITD-TOC "Firstname Lastname" subscribe ITD-JNL "Firstname Lastname" (ITD-JNL is the entire journal in one or more e-mail messages while ITD-TOC sends the contents with information on how to obtain specific articles.) INTRODUCTION: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ACCESS TO LIBRARIES: A SPECIAL ISSUE (ITDV02N4 INTRO) Tom McNulty Editor-in-Chief, ITD ARTICLE 1: ENHANCING LIBRARY SERVICE FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH STAFF SENSITIVITY TRAINING AND SPECIALIZED BIBLIOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTION (ITDV02N4 GRAUBART) Marilyn Graubart mgraubart@cctr.umkc.edu ARTICLE 2: THE AD-A-P-T-A-B-L-E APPROACH: PLANNING ACCESSIBLE LIBRARIES (ITDV02N4 CANTOR) Alan Cantor ARTICLE 3: THE RISE OF THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (ITDV02N4 EDWARDS) Alistair D. N. Edwards alistair@minster.york.ac.uk ARTICLE 4: UNIVERSAL ACCESS AND THE ADA: A DISABILITY ACCESS DESIGN SPECIFICATION FOR THE NEW UCLA LIBRARY ON-LINE INFORMATION SYSTEM (ITDV02N4 HILTON) Daniel Hilton-Chalfen, Ph.D. Sharon E. Farb ARTICLE 5: ACCESS TO LIBRARY INTERNET SERVICES FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES: PRAGMATIC CONSIDERATION FOR DEVELOPERS (ITDV02N4 DEINES) Courtney Deines-Jones ARTICLE 6: LEVELLING THE ROAD AHEAD: GUIDELINES FOR THE CREATION OF WWW PAGES ACCESSIBLE TO BLIND AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED USERS (ITDV02N4 DIXON) Judith M. Dixon, Ph.D. ARTICLE 7: RECORDING FOR THE BLIND AND DYSLEXIC: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERNET ACCESSIBLE ONLINE CATALOG (ITDV02N4 NOBLE) Steve Noble Copyright (c 1994) by (_ITD_) _Information Technology and Disabilities_. Authors of individual articles retain all copyrights to said articles, and their permission is needed to reproduce any individual article. The rights to the journal as a collection belong to (_ITD_) _Information Technology and Disabilities_. _ITD_ encourages any and all electronic distribution of the journal and permission for such copying is expressly permitted here so long as it bears no charge beyond possible handling fees. To reproduce the journal in non- electronic format requires permission of its board of directors. To do this, contact the editor. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tom McNulty, New York University (mcnulty@is.nyu.edu) EDITORS Dick Banks, University of Wisconsin, Stout Carmela Castorina, UCLA Daniel Hilton-Chalfen, PhD, UCLA Norman Coombs, PhD, Rochester Institute of Technology Lois Elman Michael Holtzman, St. John's University Joe Lazzaro, Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Mohamad Neilforoshan, Wentworth Institute of Technology Ann Neville, University of Texas, Austin Steve Noble, Recording for the Blind Anne L. Pemberton, Nottoway High School, Nottoway, VA Sheila Rosenberg Linda Scott Bob Zenhausern, PhD, St. John's University EDITORIAL BOARD Melissa Anderson, University of Southern California Dick Banks, University of Wisconsin, Stout Carmela Castorina, UCLA Danny Hilton-Chalfen, PhD, UCLA Norman Coombs, PhD, Rochester Institute of Technology Alistair D. N. Edwards, PhD, University of York, UK Joe Lazzaro, Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Mohamad Neilforoshan, Wentworth Institute of Technology Ann Neville, University of Texas, Austin Steve Noble, Recording for the Blind Anne L. Pemberton, Nottoway High School, Nottoway, VA Lawrence A. Scadden, PhD, National Science Foundation Yolanda L. Thompson, New Mexico Commission for the Blind Bob Zenhausern, PhD, St. John's University ABOUT EASI (EQUAL ACCESS TO SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION) Since its founding in 1988 under the EDUCOM umbrella, EASI has worked to increase access to information technology by persons with disabilities. EASI affiliated with AAHE (the American Association for Higher Education) in 1994. Volunteers from EASI have been instrumental in the establishment of _Information Technology and Disabilities_ as still another step in this process. Our mission has been to serve as a resource primarily to the education community by providing information and guidance in the area of access to information technologies. We seek to spread this information to schools, colleges, universities and into the workplace. EASI makes extensive use of the Internet to disseminate this information, including three discussion lists: EASI@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU (a general discussion on computer access), AXSLIB-L@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU (a discussion on library access issues) and ABLE-JOB (a discussion on disabilities and employment). To join any of these lists, send a "subscribe" command to LISTSERV@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU including the name of the discussion you want to join plus your own first and last name. EASI also maintains several items on the St. John's (New York) University gopher under the menu heading "Disability and Rehabilitation Resources." For further information, contact the EASI Chair: Norman Coombs, Ph.D. NRCGSH@RITVAX.ISC.RIT.EDU or the EASI office: EASI, c/o American Association for Higher Education One Dupont Circle, Suite 360 Washington, D.C. 20036-1110 Phone: (714) 830-0301 (Pacific Time) E-Mail: EASI@EDUCOM.BITNET or Internet: EASI@EDUCOM.EDU EASI gratefully acknowledges receiving special and significant financial and/or institutional support from: the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE) Apple Computer, Inc. Arkenstone, Inc. The Bell-Atlantic Charitable Foundation EDUCOM The National Science Foundation The NEC Foundation of America Rochester Institute of Technology St. John's University University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of Michigan University of Washington