THE PRINT DEPARTMENT AND LIBRARY

Library Economic Metrics: Examples of the Comparison of Electronic and Print Journal Collections and Collection Services

This article deals with a framework of library economic metrics including service input and output, performance, usage, effectiveness, outcomes, impact, and cost and benefit comparisons. Examples of these measures are given for comparison of library electronic and print collections and collection services based on a recent cost finding study at Drexel University where the library has converted ...

the information highway and print handicapped

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Closing the 95 Percent Gap: Library Resource Sharing for People with Print Disabilities

Experts estimate that only 5 percent of the world’s publishing output is made accessible in alternate formats for people who cannot use print. While some popular commercial digital audio and textual products are available to people with print disabilities, many people do not have equal access to reading materials and other resources. People who cannot use print due to a visual, physical, neurol...

Books in Print and Graduate Dissertations

Library and Resource Center Facilities for Visually and Print Impaired People in Developing Countries

The notion of developing countries needs definition, as do the concepts of visual and print impairment. The article looks at the situation of print impaired people in various countries and proposes possible activities to meet their needs based on existing projects and experience. The Need for Definitions In order to make any sensible comparisons between countries and their libraries serving the...