Gilreath, 'Progress in Handicapped Access', NCSU Libraries Newsletter v20n02 (September 1992)
 
_The NCSU Libraries Newsletter_
Volume 20 no. 2
September 1992
Gilreath, Charles L.
"Progress in Handicapped Access"


As a result of physical modifications in the new addition and 
recent purchases of equipment, access to library facilities, 
collections, and services by handicapped users have improved.  
Construction of a curtain wall on the Brickyard level of the 
new addition to the D. H. Hill Library has allowed the 
handicapped-accessible door at that level to be made into a 
general entrance to the building.  Formerly, handicapped users 
had to be issued a key to operate the bypass lock on that door.  
Now any user can enter from the Brickyard level on the 
western side of the building (nearest the Atrium) and use 
either the interior stairway or the elevator to reach the main 
entrance level of the building.

The Libraries has also purchased two devices to assist users 
with vision and hearing impairments to gain access to our 
collections and services.  A new screen magnifier has been 
installed on the BIS terminal at the workstation designated for 
use by the handicapped.  The device uses a Fresnel lens to 
provide virtually distortion-free enlargement of BIS screen 
displays.  To improve services to hearing-impaired users, the 
Libraries has also purchased a new TDD device that enables 
staff at the reference desk to respond to telephone requests 
from deaf users.  The device transmits and receives typed 
information over telephone lines, using an LCD display.  The 
telephone number for reaching the Reference Department using 
a TDD device is the same as for voice communications, (919) 
515-2935.