Re: For the blind
- From: James <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 22:36:26 -0500
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At 09:38 AM 20/03/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> New Information Service for visually Impaired
> Ask a librarian to help you find information about absolutely anything!
> From
> locating a list of symptoms for common eye diseases, to finding a
> gingerbread cookie recipe, our librarians can find the information you
> need.
> You can chat live with a librarian using text-chat, or email a
> question.
> Best of all, you can communicate online with audio, hearing a
> librarian's
> voice while we co-browse the Internet with you. The web pages we go to
> will
> appear simultaneously on your computer screen. If you have a
> microphone, you
> can also speak to us; if not, you can type your questions using text
> chat.
> If no one is available, you can email your question! Visually impaired
> persons in select libraries around the United States are participating
> in a
> six-month pilot project which officially opens on Monday, March 22, to
> test
> an online information and virtual reference service designed
> specifically
> for their needs. The service will be offered through InfoEyes
>http://www.infoeyes.org
> ,
>
> a virtual reference and information community for
> the visually impaired. Through the pilot project, visually impaired
> patrons
> will use QuestionPoint to work with librarians virtually to find what
> they're seeking on the Internet. QuestionPoint, the collaborative
> virtual
> reference service developed by the Library of Congress and OCLC, helps
> librarians track and manage questions from patrons through a network of
> reference librarians around the world. The Illinois State Library and
> the
> Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service are
> coordinating the
> pilot project; the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) has provided
> software and resources. The project will test the effectiveness of
> assisting the visually impaired in using the Internet. "The goal of the
> QuestionPoint service and other online reference services is to
> increase
> access to information," said Frank Hermes, Vice President, OCLC
> Cooperative
> Discovery Services. "The InfoEyes pilot project will increase access
> to
> online reference. OCLC is proud to be part of this effort which is
> consistent with our mission of furthering access to the world's
> information." In the pilot project, librarians will provide services
> that
> include voice over IP, co-browsing and application sharing. InfoEyes
> users
> will be asked to evaluate the service and resources to help librarians
> further develop the service. Hours of service will be posted on the
> InfoEyes Web site. If users would like service outside of those hours,
> they
> may schedule an appointment or a reference session. "Virtual reference
> for
> the blind and physically handicapped population is nothing short of
> imperative toward the inclusion of this population in mainstream
> society,"
> said Barry Levine, a Talking Book reader and library leader in
> Illinois.
> Libraries participating in the project, which will run from January to
> July
> 2004, include: the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library in
> New
> York City, Cleveland Public Library/Library for the Blind and
> Physically
> Handicapped, the Illinois State Library, the Indiana School for the
> Blind,
> the Iowa Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, the Library
> of
> Congress, Maine State Library Outreach, Mid-Illinois Talking Book
> Center,
> Nevada Talking Book Services, Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library,
> Southern Illinois Talking Book Center, Texas State Library and Archives
> Commission, TAP Information Services,
> For more information, contact Sharon Ruda at
>
>sruda@xxxxxxxxx
> ,
>
>
> Diana Brawley Sussman at
>
>dbrawley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ,
>
>
> Tom Peters at
>
>tapinformation@xxxxxxxxx
> ,
>
>
> or Lori Bell at
>
>lbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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