Creating greater accessibility to special collections materials for patrons with vision disabilities Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Creating greater accessibility to special collections materials for patrons with vision disabilities

Creator

  • Author: May, Meagan
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: University of North Texas

Contributor

  • University of North Texas. Libraries.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas. Libraries.
    Place of Publication: [Denton, Texas]

Date

  • Creation: 2023-08-31

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Report asserts that the project aimed to create greater accessibility to archival and rare materials in UNT Special Collections for patrons with reduced or low vision disabilities through the purchase of Freedom Scientific's TOPAX XL HD desktop video magnifier and the creation of an accessibility station for the Judge Sarah T. Hughes Reading Room.
  • Physical Description: 2 p.

Subject

  • Keyword: vision disabilities
  • Keyword: accessibility
  • Keyword: special collections
  • Keyword: Dean's Innovation Grants Final Report

Collection

  • Name: UNT Scholarly Works
    Code: UNTSW

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Special Collections
    Code: UNTA

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: DIG_Final_Report-MMay
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc2201606

Degree

  • Academic Department: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Note

  • Display Note: Abstract: this project aimed to create greater accessibility to archival and rare materials in UNT Special Collections for patrons with reduced or low vision disabilities through the purchase of Freedom Scientific's TOPAX XL HD desktop video magnifier and the creation of an accessibility station for the Judge Sarah T. Hughes Reading Room. This desktop magnifier, along with its accompanying GEM software, will allow patrons to magnify, adjust, enhance, capture, and save documents, photographs, artifacts, manuscripts, and other materials to meet a variety of vision accessibility needs.
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