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Prof Norm Coombs <[log in to unmask]>
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Library Access -- http://www.rit.edu/~easi
Date:
Sun, 3 Dec 2000 20:43:22 -0500
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Good work.  I'll try to write but am overwhelmed with a consulting job in
Maine the rest of this week.
Norm
At 04:29 PM 12/3/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi there,
>
>in my next posting I will forward to you a message that I just sent to
>Questia Media. This is a company which advertises a new online database
>providing access to over 250,000 volumes of books and journals. The company
>claims that their multi-million project is the world's largest digitization
>project which would provide "unlimited access to the wealth of human
>knowledge."
>
>Well, the company's rhetoric does not match up with the design of their "web
>commercials". The Questia database trial page contains links to an
>"Overview" page and a "Tour" page, both of which are completely inaccessible
>to people with print disabilities. Perhaps you would like to follow suit and
>write a letter to Questia Media in order to express your concerns.
>
>Axel
>
>Axel Schmetzke
>Library
>University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
>

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