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- SearchResearch Challenge (6/11/18): How do you plot out data by region? The case of regional boundaries.It's time for a Challenging Challenge! As you know, every so often I like to mix up the SRS Challenge with something that's a bit more in-depth. (And if this is overwhelming, just take the week off--I'll be back next week with an easier one.) The Setup: If you read the news these days you'll see all kinds of claims about various kinds […]
- Answer: How big was the range of these animals?What's the original / natural range? The basic question from last week's Challenge was "What was the original or natural range of these three animals?" (Lion, Ground Sloth, Camel) It's a natural enough question, but the answers can be surprising. The Challenge was: If there were, once upon a time, lions and camels and ground sl […]
- SearchResearch Challenge (6/20/18): How big was the range of these animals?Going beyond avocados and onto animals! As you recall, one of important ways that avocado seeds were dispersed was through the gullet of large animals (like the gomphothere). Many of those animals are long gone--extinct. But they left an indelible effect on our landscape, leaving a trail of guacamole behind them. That made me start to wonder about those […]
- SearchResearch Challenge (6/11/18): How do you plot out data by region? The case of regional boundaries.
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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
