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Resource Discovery: Catalogs, Cataloging, and the User

Chapman, Ann

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Title
Resource Discovery: Catalogs, Cataloging, and the User
Author(s)
Chapman, Ann
Issue Date
2007
Keyword(s)
  • Library services for the visually impaired
  • Library catalogs and users
Abstract
This article considers resource discovery from the viewpoint of visually impaired people. Starting with the tasks of find, identify, select, and obtain, it examines how catalogs can be enhanced to assist visually impaired users. It then looks at the inclusion of specific data within catalog records and how they help the user. This is followed by some reflections on display issues and a reference to the need for accessibility in catalog systems. It concludes that improvements for visually impaired people provide features that sighted people will appreciate as well.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/3756
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Copyright 2007 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

Owning Collections

Library Trends 55 (4) Spring 2007: Library and Information Services for Visually Impaired People PRIMARY
Library Trends 55 (4) Spring 2007: Library and Information Services for Visually Impaired People. Edited by Helen Brazier and David Owen.