Steve,
   Please share your findings with us.  I hoping to apply for a grant to get
some accessibility equipment into our librarian and I'd like to know what
other libraries are doing.  Thanks

                                Karen McCandlish
                                Leroy V Good Library
                                Monroe Community College



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these powers you are probably not using to the fullest extent is the magic
ability to praise people and inspire them with a realization of their latent
possibilities.
Abilities wither under criticism, they blossom under encouragement"
                                                        --Dale Carnegie




                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Steve Thompson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
                Sent:   Monday, October 23, 2000 4:39 PM
                To:     [log in to unmask]
                Subject:        libraries and Kurzweil 3000; libraries
lending laptops

                Hello:
                There are numerous software applications available on a
workstation in our
                community college library. These include a PC-integrated
Optelec CCTV; 21"
                monitor; JAWS; Kurzweil 1000; ZoomText Xtra Level 2. All of
the former
                provide access for students and community people with low
vision.
                In an effort to serve students and community people with
reading
                disabilities, I am considering adding Kurzweil 3000 to the
available
                choices of assistive technology. To help my decision and to
work out
                relationships with the rest of the campus, I am trying to
determine
                whether libraries (in contrast to Personalized Access
Centers) place
                Kurzweil 3000 on public PCs. If so, what staff relationships
exist between
                the Library and the Access Centers and Academic computing
specialists?

                Secondly, do any Libraries or Access Centers install
Kurzweil 3000 on
                laptops and lend the installed software, scanner, and laptop
to students
                who have a qualifying disability?

                Thanks for your consideration.

                Steve Thompson, Library Specialist
                Rock Valley College Library
                3301 N. Mulford Rd
                Rockford IL 61114
                815-636-4048