Linda:
I would think that music librarianship would be the perfect place for this guy. I'm not sure if Kurzweil has a program for reading music. If they don't, I would think that they would jump at the opportunity to develop something like this. I always get excited about seeing ways that assistive technology can help people like this guy to have productive lives.
Ravonne
>From: Joan Naturale <
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>Subject: Re: Fw: Visually-handicapped librarians
>Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:50:23 -0400
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>I remember seeing a blind librarian when I visited the Smith College Library
>in Northhampton, Mass. a couple of years ago. I don't know if he is still
>there. When I say blind, he had a little residual vision and wore telescopic
>glasses.He worked at the Ref desk.
>
>Joan
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>"Linda L. Walling" wrote:
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> > Anything you would like to share with him? Linda
> >
> > Linda Lucas Walling
> > College of Library and Information Science
> > University of South Carolina
> > Columbia, SC 29208
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter G Underwood" <
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> > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 9:35 AM
> > Subject: Visually-handicapped librarians
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> > > The Department of Information and Library Studies at the University of
> > > Cape Town has received an enquiry from a prospective student who is
> > > blind. He is interested in studying librarianship, and wondered if it
> > > would be possible for him to work in a library. At the moment he is
> > > studying the social sciences. He is especially interested in music
> > > librarianship, and thought that, of all branches of the profession, this
> > > would be the
> > > most accommodating to his disability. Can anybody help us advise him
> > > about the opportunities and problems that might attend upon this career
> > > path, given his circumstances?
> > > Please let us know if you have any information or personal experiences
> > > to help us answer his question and provide appropriate guidance.
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