NCSU Libraries Focus Online

Volume 23 number 2 - Winter 2003

By Katherine Dexter Willis, Research and Information Services

The NCSU Libraries' Assistive Technologies Center (ATC) is located in Room 1402 on the mezzanine in the D. H. Hill Library (see http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/risd/atc/). The facility houses special computers and technology solutions that facilitate library research and alternate-format access to materials for users having vision, hearing, or mobility-related disabilities. The ATC provides magnification software, scanning equipment, screen reading software, and other equipment. It is open during the D. H. Hill Library's hours of operation and is available to any member of the NC State community who has a need for the information technologies it provides.

Katherine Dexter Willis coordinates services to patrons with disabilities. David DeFoor, a computing consultant in the Research and Information Services Department, is responsible for technical support in the ATC. Together, they work with patrons, library staff, and other campus units to promote awareness in the NC State community regarding the services and equipment available at the ATC.