Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped: An International Approach; Serving Physically Disabled People: An Information Handbook for All Libraries (Book Review)
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The Ubiquitous Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped – A
This paper presents the project of the LG Sangnam Library that made real the concept of a ubiquitous library. The project intends to provide a service so that the printdisabled can take advantage of the library system and information services without complicated procedures in connections and user certifications by using NFC (Near Field Communication) technology-applied mobile phones. This model...
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It is an unfortunate paradox that the advances in medical therapy and care and the increased life expectancy results in an expanding population of physically disabled persons. Many physically disabled suffer from neuronal damage (e.g., stroke or spinal cord injury) that prohibits or disturbs the control of movements; others are amputees that lack a limb or part of a limb. The challenge to assis...
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This paper demonstrates how physically disabled people can benefit from the innovative virtual reality techniques. Several specific examples show the applicability of virtual reality to the therapy and rehabilitation of people with various disabilities. In addition, the paper describes how physicians can use virtual reality as an advanced visualization tool for the diagnosis of physical disabil...
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Since the early 1930s federal legislation has enabled the Library of Congress to offer free library service to blind and physically handicapped individuals resident in the United States as well as to U.S. citizens overseas. Technological changes in the program have mirrored and sometimes anticipated transformations and developments in the world of consumer electronics. Braille is now accessible...
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عنوان ژورنال: College & Research Libraries
سال: 1980
ISSN: 2150-6701,0010-0870
DOI: 10.5860/crl_41_03_249