Dear Kristiin,

What are the names of some of the libraries that you visited.  I would like
to get in contact with them to find out what kind of systems they use and
where they purchased them.

Thank you,


Valerie Lewis



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> From: Kristin Visokay <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Public library suggestions
> Date: Monday, November 09, 1998 11:05 AM
>
> Hello!
>
> My name is Kristin and I am a graduate student at Rutgers University. I
> am taking an outreach services class and have chosen to gather
> information about people who are blind or visually impaired who use
> public libraries. The ultimate goal of the class is to come up with a
> grant proposal to implement in a public library system for users.  I live
> in New Jersey and have decided to focus on the Mercer County Public
> Library System.  I went to visit with the women who puts in the computer
> sytems for people with visual impairments. However, this did not prove
> very fruitful as they have one machine per each library, they never
> publicly announced that they had acquired these machines or did a needs
> assessment survey before buying the machine which is the V View system.
> They don't even know if people have used the machine!! They have a large
> print collection and she is hopefully going to provide me with
> circulation statistics on the collection.  They also do not know how many
> of the patrons may even have a visual impairment.
>
> My question is this :   What types of resources/services do people feel a
> public library should offer to a person with a visual impairment? These
> suggestions can be computer based, print based, anything.  I feel that
> people in the community are being underserved here and would like to make
> a change.
>
> Kristin Visokay