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ALA EDITIONS BOOK AVAILABLE FOR FREE ONLINE

Chicago...July 24, 2000...ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE INTERNET: MAKING
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ALL is now just that---accessible to all!
 ALA Editions, the publishing imprint of the American Library Association,
is offering the entire text (with HTML coding) of this best-selling book by
Barbara Mates--on the subject of making electronic resources accessible to
all users--FREE on its web site at http://www.ala.org/editions/openstacks.

For libraries that must proactively and deliberately plan for the
accessibility of electronic resources, this free online version clearly
lays out how to do just that, become ADA compliant, publicize efforts and
welcome a new community of users to the library.  Mates, head of the
Cleveland Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, covers all of
the need-to-know technologies including HTML coding for accessibility,
screen readers, voice recognition systems and hearing assistance devices.

For more information, visit http://www.ala.org/editions/openstacks or go
directly to the online version of ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE INTERNET at
http://www.ala.org/editions/openstacks/insidethecovers/mates/mates_toc.html.