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NLS-REPORTS  September 2009

NLS-REPORTS September 2009

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Added Entries (Spring/Summer 2009-v.36, nos. 3 and 4)

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        ADDED ENTRIES
                                                
        
        Date: Spring/Summer 2009                                                       
        v. 36, nos. 3 and 4
                                                          
        
        The following titles have been selected from materials that were added to the NLS
        reference collections during winter and spring 2009.  Entries are arranged
        alphabetically, according to subject headings developed and used by the NLS
        Reference Section for its collections.  Prices of publications have been included
        wherever possible.  Full publishers' addresses are included when they are not readily
        obtainable through libraries and bookstores.  Items marked with an asterisk (*) are
        especially recommended for basic reference collections in libraries serving visually and
        physically handicapped readers.
        
        _Requests for materials listed should be sent directly to the publishers or
        sources cited with each entry.  Items are not available from NLS unless
        specifically indicated._
        


         NLS Publications
        
        Building a library collection on blindness and physical handicaps: basic
        materials and resources, see Library Services for People with
        Disabilities--Bibliography
        
        Facts: Digital audiobook players, 2009 see Digital Talking-Book Players
        
        Library resources for the blind and physically handicapped: a directory with
        budget, staff, and collections information and FY 2006 statistics on readership
        d circulation, 2007 see Blindness--Directories
        
        NLS Flash see Talking-Book Program--Digital Talking-Book Players   
        
           
                
          
              
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        Alzheimer's Disease
        
        Hospitalization happens: a guide to hospital visits for individuals with memory loss.
        Retrieved Feb. 4, 2009. www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/Publications/happens.htm.
        
        Attitudes Toward Blind People
        
        Maurer, Marc. The mythology of discrimination. Braille monitor, v. 52, May 2009:
        359-369. Also available online at
	www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/
        bm09/bm0905/bm090505.htm.
        
        Audio Description
        
        Gray, Christopher, and Joel Snyder. ACB launches new audio description initiative.
        Braille forum, v. 47, Jan. 2009: 7-10. Also available online at
	www.acb.org/magazine/2009/bf012009-3.html.
        
        Autism
        
        Li, Alicia. Identification and intervention for students who are visually impaired and
        who have autism spectrum disorders. Teaching exceptional children, v. 41,
        Mar. Apr. 2009: 22-32.
        
        Barrier-Free Architecture--Universal Design
        
        Equal access: universal design of computing departments; a checklist for making
        computing departments welcoming and accessible to students with disabilities.
        Seattle: University of Washington, Computer Science and Engineering, DO-IT,
        2009. 6p. Free. (Box 354842, 98195).
        
        Biography of Blind People--Braille, Louis
        
        American Foundation for the Blind. Celebrating 200 years of braille. Retrieved Jan.
        6, 2009. www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=86.
        
        Bennett, Sara. Around the globe in six dots: Braille celebrations take center stage in
        2009. Dialogue, v. 58, Jan. 2009: 70-76.
        
        Focus on France: the Association Valentin Hay. NB, issue 37, Jan.
	2009: 40-43.
        
        Spungin, Susan Jay. Past and present remembrances of Louis Braille. 
        Journal of visual impairment and blindness, v. 103, Jan. 2009: 5-6, 64.
        
        
        
        Biography of Leaders Working with Blind People--Cylke, Frank K.
        
        Yee, Tom. Interview: Kurt Cylke on the National Library Service for the Blind and
        Physically Handicapped. Library services journal, v. 1, fall 2008:39, 35-38 and
        reprinted in Braille monitor, v. 52, Mar. 2009: 216 223. Also available online at
        www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm09/bm0903/bm090313.htm.
        
        Blindness--Directories
        
        * Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
        Handicapped. Library resources for the blind and physically handicapped: a directory
        with budget, staff, and collections information and FY 2006 statistics on readership
        and circulation. Washington, 2007. 83p. Free. Also available online at
        www.loc.gov/nls/reference/directories/resources.html.
        
        Braille--History
        
        A short history of braille. NB, issue 37, Jan. 2009: 26-29.
        
        Braille--Reading
        
        The braille literacy crisis in America: facing the truth, reversing the trend,
        empowering the blind. A report to the nation by the National Federation of the Blind,
        Jernigan Institute. Braille monitor, v. 52, May 2009: 339-358.
	Also available online
        at www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm09/bm0905/ bm090504.htm.
        
        Crawford, Shauna, and Robert T. Elliott. Teaching adults to read braille using
        phonological methods: single-case studies. Journal of visual impairment and blindness,
        v. 103, Jan. 2009: 30-43.
        
        College Students with Disabilities
        
        Dutta, Alo, Madan M. Kundu, and Chrisann Schiro-Geist. Coordination of post-
        secondary transition services for students with disabilities. Journal of rehabilitation,
        v. 75, Jan.Feb.Mar. 2009: 10-17.
        
        Depression and Blindness
        
        Redwood, Penny. Depression and sight loss in older people. NB, issue 41,
        May  2009:24-29.
       
         
        Digital Talking-Book Players
        
        *  Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
        Handicapped. Facts: digital audiobook players 2009. Compiled by Robert B. Jones.
        Washington, 2008. 16p. Free. Also available online at www.loc.gov/nls/
        reference/factsheets/audiobkplayers.html.
        
        Electronic Books
        
        Curling up with an e-book. NB, issue 40, Apr. 2009: 30-33.
        
        Employment of People with Visual Impairments
        
        Nyman, James S. Unemployment rates and reasons: dissing the blind. Braille
        monitor, v. 52, Mar. 2009: 188-198. Also available online at
        www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm09/bm0903/bm090307.htm.
        
        Grants and Scholarships
        
        Funding education beyond high school: the guide to federal student aid 2009 10.
        Washington: U.S. Department of Education, 2009. 52p. Free. (P.O. Box 1398, Jessup,
        MD 20794). Available in English or Spanish. Also available online at
        http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/student_guide/index.html.
        
        Housing--Federal Programs
        
        Wright, Wesley E. Section 8: affordable housing for exceptional families. EP
        magazine, v. 39, Mar. 2009: 86-88.
        
        Labels and Labeling Systems for People with Visual Impairments
        
        American Foundation for the Blind. Access to drug labels survey report. Retrieved
        Jan. 6, 2009. www.afb.org/seniorsite.asp?SectionID=66&TopicID=305&
        DocumentID=4520.
        
        Markowitz, Samuel N., and others. Ability to read medication labels improved by
        participation in a low vision rehabilitation program. Journal of visual impairment and
        blindness, v.102, Dec. 2008: 774-777.
        
        McMahon, John M., and Amy Curtis. Methods of reading information on labels of 
        prescription medications by persons who are visually impaired. Journal of visual
        impairment and blindness, v. 103, May 2009: 303-313.
        
        
        
        Libraries--Surveys
        
        U.S. public libraries and e-government services. Retrieved June 24, 2009.
        www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/ors/plftas/IssuesBrief-Egov.pdf.
        
        Library Services for People with Disabilities--Bibliography
        
       * Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
        Handicapped. Building a library collection on blindness and physical handicaps: basic
        materials and resources. Compiled by Carol A. Strauss. Reference circular 09-01.
        Washington, 2009. 35p. Free. Also available online at www.loc.gov/nls/
        reference/circulars/collection2009.html.
        
        Library Services for Senior Adults
        
        King, Danielle H.M. Our changing users: the aging of the population. Interface,
        winter 2009. 4p. Available online at http://ascla.ala.org/interface/2008/12/
        our-changing-users-the-aging-of-the-population.
        
        Piper, David, Serenity Palmer, and Bo Xie. Services to older adults: preliminary 
        findings from three Maryland public libraries. Journal of education for library and
        information science, v. 50, spring 2009: 107-118.
        
        Physical Fitness
        
        Holbrook, Elizabeth A., and others. Physical activity, body composition, and 
        perceived quality of life of adults with visual impairments. Journal of visual
        impairment and blindness, v. 103, Jan. 2009: 17-29.
        
        Miller, Sila. Beginning yoga for the blind and visually impaired from the Hein-
        Klein duo. Braille forum, v. 47, Mar. 2009: 23-24. Also available
        online at
        www.acb.org/magazine/2009/bf032009-10.html.
        
        Rehabilitation Counseling
        
        Renosky, Ronda J., and others. Counseling people living with diabetes. Journal of 
        rehabilitation, v. 74, Oct. Nov. Dec. 2008: 31-40.
        
        Screen Readers
        
        Access Technology Team. Low-cost screen readers. Braille monitor, v. 52, May
        2009: 370 374. Also available online at www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/
        bm/bm09/bm0905/bm090506.htm.
        
        
        Majerus, Wesley. Report on the ease of access of the Apple OS 10.5 Leopard
        environment with VoiceOver. Braille monitor, v. 52, June 2009: 435 444. Also
        available online at www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm09/bm0906/
        bm090606.htm.
        
        WebAIM. Survey of preferences of screen reader users. Retrieved Feb. 4, 2009. 
        www.webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey.
        
        Sheltered Workshops
        
        Omvig, James H. More progress in the Javits-Wagner-O'Day program establishing
        best practices for a quality work environment. Braille monitor, v. 52, June 2009:
        456 463. Also available online at www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/
        bm09/bm0906/bm090609.htm.
        
        Stem Cells
        
        Getting to the root of stem-cell research. NB, issue 41, May 2009: 41 44.
        
        Tactile Graphics
        
        Touching the underground: design and evaluation of tactile and large-print station
        plans. NB, issue 41, May 2009: 30 34.
        
        Yayla, Lisa. Huseby Zoom maps: a design methodology for tactile graphics. Journal
        of  visual impairment and blindness, v. 103, May 2009: 270-276.
        
        Talking-Book Program--Digital Talking-Book Players
        
        *  Patrons and libraries to participate in prelaunch testing of the digital talking-book
        system. NLS flash, v. 5, Mar. 2009. 2p. Also available online at
        www.loc.gov/nls/newsletters/flash/index.html.
        
        Telephones for People with Visual Impairments
        
        Burton, Darren. Navigating by phone: a review of Wayfinder Acess GPS and
        Mobile Geo, part 1. AccessWorld, v. 10, May 2009. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
        www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw100303&Mode+Print.
        
        Web Accessibility
        
        Lighthouse International. Accessibility guidelines for the web designer. Retrieved
        Mar. 10, 2009. www.lighthouse.org/accessibility/accessibility-guidelines.
        
        

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