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- Answer: What is Bernard singing about? Still enchanted... ... even though Ranz des Vaches has been an earworm for this week. Recall that I found this YouTube video with the song “Ranz des Vaches” as sung by Bernard Romanens. Bernard Romanens singing Ranz des Vaches.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0xAw2oXhJYAfter listening to this a few times, I had Research Questions. Maybe you did too. Let […]
- SearchResearch Challenge (2/12/20): What is Bernard singing about?I guess I'm still in a Central European frame of mind... A few weeks ago we had a Challenge about the song that goes "eins, zwei, g'suffa." In the process of doing my research for that Challenge, I ran across a hauntingly beautiful song on YouTube. I found this YouTube video with the song “Ranz des Vaches” as sung by Bernard Romanens. B […]
- Fluff filters, and why you want to read with them turned onYou can simply read a page,... or you can READ a page with some intelligence. One of the important skills I teach in my search classes is Reading through the fluff. Or, in a catchier turn of phrase, reading with a Fluff Filter. That is, reading to get to the heart of the content whileignoring all of the persuasive text that’s added to get you to believe w […]
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Category Archives: Print Disability
That All May Read: What IS a print disability? An answer + resources
Libraries are commonly understood to be the repositories of the human experience, storehouses which take that human experience and, from it, create opportunities for library consumers to “learn, grow, and know”. But what if someone you know has a print … Continue reading
Hathi Trust, Digitization, and Accessibility for PWD
I’ve been sporadically following the Hathi Trust Fair Use and digitization brouhaha, and it leaves me wondering if and/or how it will affect equal Accessibility for those with print disabilities re: the cultural record. Digitization to me means an increase … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, Information Science, Print Disability
Tagged digitization, Hathi Trust
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Look, touch and feel: How your mobile interface will morph in 2012
From Network World: Look, touch and feel: How your mobile interface will morph in 2012. Touch, waving, voice all to become more prevalent mobile user interfaces: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/122111-outlook-mobile-interface-254225.html I’m excited by some of these features in this article; I current use the … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, Computers and Internet, Print Disability
Tagged emerging technology, mobile
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Touch Graphics Inc. & Intrepid Museum: Multi-Sensory Museum Guide (from Library & Museum Accessiblity LinkedIn Group)
Manhattan’s Intrepid Museum Complex, which houses a tour-able aircraft carrier, submarine, and supersonic airliner, have used emerging technology, created by Touch Graphics Inc., to help people with sight disabilities have a more-immersive experience with the artifacts. On each floor, their “Talking Tactile Pen”, used in conjunction … Continue reading
Infocamp Seattle
This past weekend I attended Infocamp Seattle, an “unconference” presented by ASIS&T and the UW’s ischool. An “unconference” simply means that there are no planned events throughout the day – the participants are the presenters. Topics ranged from UX to … Continue reading
Posted in Information Science, Print Disability
Tagged accessibility, ASIS&T, Infocamp, print disability, UW ischool, WTBBL
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What IS a print disability? An answer + resources
As of today, according to http://www.ifla.org/en/lpd, it’s stated that only 5% of the world’s published information is fully accessible to persons with a print disability; it’s my career goal to help increase that percentage as much as I can. Some people … Continue reading
