Try the Mitsubishi Electric Foundation of America, located in Arlington, VA.
Rayna Aylward is the Executive Director.

Also, you might want to try the National Science Foundation, also located in
Arlington, VA.

Check out ABLEDATA's website for listings of vendors of AT. ABLEDATA is at
www.abledata.com or you may want to talk with Kathryn Belknap, Director, at
800/227-0216 to ask about the major vendors of AT.

Carol Boyer
Project Associate
RESNA Technical Assistance Project

-----Original Message-----
From: Sarah Hamrick [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 12:24 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: vendor suggestions

I'm working on a project for the Libraries Serving Special Populations
Section of ALA's ASCLA, and I could use some advice from AXSLIB
subscribers.  One of our goals for this year is to recruit new members,
and as part of that goal we sent letters to students at almost every
library school in the US and Canada.  We're encouraged by the positive
response we've had so far.

We've corresponded with all the students who have responded to our
initial letter and have encouraged them to make an effort to attend ALA
annual conference in Atlanta this summer.  Of course attending
conference can be expensive, so we are also advising them on various
funding sources for conference attendees.

In the course of our discussions we realized it would be great if we
could find a vendor or two who would be willing to put up some cash to
serve as scholarship money for students who want to attend conference
and are particularly interested in the area of services to people with
disabilities.  I'm willing to contact vendors on behalf of LSSPS, but
I'm not sure who would be the best to contact.  Having done this kind of
thing before I know it is very time-consuming, so I would prefer to come
up with a short list of potential donors.

Can any of you suggest any vendors that might be willing to help us
out?  It would be good PR for them and a great opportunity for a
student!

Sarah
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Sarah E. Hamrick
Director of Information Services
Gallaudet University Library
800 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 651-5214 V/T
(202) 651-5213 FAX
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