Information Technology and Disabilities E-journal Announcing the Availability of a New Electronic Journal: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DISABILITIES Below is information about the journal, including the table of contents for Volume I, no. 1, as well as information on editorial staff and explicit instructions for subscribing or using the journal via gopher. IT&D V1N1 Table of Contents 230 lines ********************************************* INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DISABILITIES ISSN 1073-5127 Volume I, No. 1 January, 1994 ********************************************* ARTICLES ********************************************* INTRODUCING _INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DISABILITIES_ (itdV01N1 mcnulty) Tom McNulty, Editor ********************************************* BUILDING AN ACCESSIBLE CD-ROM REFERENCE STATION (itdV01N1 wyatt) Rochelle Wyatt and Charles Hamilton ABSTRACT: This case study describes the development of an accessible CD-ROM workstation at the Washington Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Included are descriptions of hardware and software, as well as selected CD-ROM reference sources. Information is provided on compatibility of individual CD-ROM products with adaptive technology hardware and software. ********************************************* DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACCESSIBLE USER INTERFACE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISION IMPAIRED AS PART OF THE RE-COMPUTERISATION OF ROYAL BLIND SOCIETY (AUSTRALIA) (itdV01N1 noonan) Tim Noonan ABSTRACT: In 1991, Royal Blind Society (Australia) and Deen Systems, a Sydney-based software development company, undertook a major overhaul of RBS information systems intended to enhance access to RBS client services as well as employment opportunities for blind and vision impaired RBS staff. This case study outlines the steps taken and principles followed in the development of a computer user interface intended for efficient use by blind and vision impaired individuals. ********************************************* THE ELECTRONIC REHABILITATION RESOURCE CENTER AT ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY (NEW YORK) (itdV01N1 holtzman) Bob Zenhausern and Mike Holtzman ABSTRACT: St. John's University in Jamaica, New York, is host to a number of disability-related network information sources and services. This article identifies and describes key sources and services, including Bitnet listservs, or discussion groups, the UNIBASE system which includes real-time online conferencing, and other valuable educational and rehabilitation- related network information sources. ********************************************* THE CLEARINGHOUSE ON COMPUTER ACCOMMODATION (COCA) (itdV01N1 brummel) Susan Brummel and Doug Wakefield ABSTRACT: Since 1985, COCA has been pioneering information policies and computer support practices that benefit Federal employees with disabilities and members of the public with disabilities. Today, COCA provides a variety of services to people within and outside Government employment. The ultimate goal of all COCA's activities is to advance equitable information environments consistent with non-discriminatory employment and service delivery goals. ********************************************* DEPARTMENTS ********************************************* JOB ACCOMMODATIONS (itdV01N1 jobs) Editor: Joe Lazzaro lazzaro@bix.com K - 12 EDUCATION (itdV01N1 k12) Editor: Anne Pemberton apembert@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu LIBRARIES (itdV01N1 library) Editor: Ann Neville neville@emx.cc.utexas.edu ONLINE INFORMATION AND NETWORKING (itdV01N1 online) Editor: Steve Noble slnobl01@ulkyvm.louisville.edu CAMPUS COMPUTING (itdV01N1 campus) Editor: Daniel Hilton-Chalfen, Ph.D., hilton-chalfen@mic.ucla.edu ********************************************* Copyright (c 1994) by (IT&D) Information Technology and Disabilities. Authors of individual articles retain all copyrights to said articles, and their permission is needed to reproduce any individual article. The rights to the journal as a collection belong to (IT&D) Information Technology and Disabilities. IT&D encourages any and all electronic distribution of the journal and permission for such copying is expressly permitted here so long as it bears no charge beyond possible handling fees. To reproduce the journal in non-electronic format requires permission of its board of directors. To do this, contact the editor. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tom McNulty, New York University (mcnulty@acfcluster.nyu.edu) EDITORS Dick Banks, University of Wisconsin, Stout Carmela Castorina, UCLA Daniel Hilton-Chalfen, PhD, UCLA Norman Coombs, PhD, Rochester Institute of Technology Joe Lazzaro, Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Ann Neville, University of Texas, Austin Steve Noble, Recording for the Blind Anne L. Pemberton, Nottoway High School, Nottoway, VA Bob Zenhausern, PhD, St. John's University EDITORIAL BOARD Dick Banks, University of Wisconsin, Stout Carmela Castorina, UCLA Danny Hilton-Chalfen, PhD, UCLA Norman Coombs, PhD, Rochester Institute of Technology Alistair D. N. Edwards, PhD, University of York, UK Joe Lazzaro, Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Ann Neville, University of Texas, Austin Steve Noble, Recording for the Blind Anne L. Pemberton, Nottoway High School, Nottoway, VA Lawrence A. Scadden, PhD, National Science Foundation Bob Zenhausern, PhD, St. John's University ********************************************* ABOUT EASI (EQUAL ACCESS TO SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION) Since its founding in 1988 under the EDUCOM umbrella, EASI has worked to increase access to information technology by persons with disabilities. Volunteers from EASI have been instrumental in the establishment of _Information Technology and Disabilities_ as still another step in this process. Our mission has been to serve as a resource primarily to the education community by providing information and guidance in the area of access to information technologies. We seek to spread this information to schools, colleges, universities and into the workplace. EASI makes extensive use of the internet to disseminate this information, including two discussion lists: EASI@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU (a general discussion on computer access) and AXSLIB- L@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU (a discussion on library access issues). To join either list, send a "subscribe" command to LISTSERV@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU including the name of the discussion you want to join plus your own first and last name. EASI also maintains several items on the St. Johns gopher under the menu heading "Disability and Rehabilitation Resources". For further information, contact the EASI Chair: Norman Coombs, Ph.D. NRCGSH@RITVAX.ISC.RIT.EDU or the EASI office: EASI's phone: (310) 640-3193 EASI's e-mail: EASI@EDUCOM.EDU ********************************************* Individual _ITD_ articles and departments are archived on the St. John's University gopher. To access the journal via gopher, locate the St. John's University (New York) gopher. Select "Disability and Rehabilitation Resources," and from the next menu, select "EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information." _Information Technology and Disabilities_ is an item on the EASI menu. To retrieve individual articles and departments by e-mail from the listserv: address an e-mail message to: listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu leave subject line blank the message text should include the word "get" followed by the two word file name; for example: get itdV01N1 contents Each article and department has a unique filename; that name is listed below the article or department in parentheses. Do NOT include the parentheses with the filename when sending the "get" command to listserv. NOTE: ONLY ONE ITEM MAY BE RETRIEVED PER MESSAGE; DO NOT SEND MULTIPLE GET COMMANDS IN A SINGLE E-MAIL MESSAGE TO LISTSERV. To receive the journal regularly, send e-mail to listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu with no subject and either of the following lines OF text: subscribe itd-toc "Firstname Lastname" subscribe idt-jnl "Firstname Lastname" (ITD-JNL is the entire journal in one e-mail message while ITD-TOC sends the contents with information on how to obtain specific articles.) To get a copy of the guidelines for authors, send e-mail to listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu with no subject and the following single line of text: get author guidelin