RESOURCES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE BHCC LIBRARY
The Library has an ongoing mission to make its collections and materials
accessible to persons with disabilities. Materials, equipment, software and
accommodations available in the Library include the following:
- NEW computer work station for the library, located in room E319 (Please ask
library staff to assist you in accessing computer work station.)
Computer work station contains the following features:
Dell Precision 4490 computer with 2GB of memory
Epson 4490 photo scanner
HP Color LaserJet printer
Kurzweil 3000 black/white scan/read software
JAWS professional version software
ZoomText magnifier/reader software
Dragon Naturally Speaking software
Ease Reader software
Digital Talking Book software
Dolphin Producer software
Inspiration version 8
- One public access computer (computer #10) which uses a large display
font along with high-contrast display settings. This PC is also equipped
with a large, easily-discernible cursor.
Talking Book Program
- Wheelchair-accessible study desks, tables and carrels.
Shelves, located behind the Lending Services
Desk may be used to store current textbooks that are too
heavy to carry due to a disability. To place books here, a student
must present an appropriate referral from the office of Disabilities
Support Services to Lending Services library staff.
Talking Book program materials:, cassette
players, cassettes and earphones,are located on the Reserve shelves behind
the
Lending Services Desk.
In addition to providing regular library services, library staff members
are available for brief needs such as retrieving shelved materials and
obtaining books from higher shelves. Personal services of a more extensive
nature such as taping books or reading are outside the responsibilities
of busy library staff.
Web-based Resources
-- useful for finding actual text of statute and related technical
documents.
-- to find information on new and proposed regulations, enforcement
status reports, and technical assistance materials.
-- created in 1981, the Massachusetts Office on Disability works
to "bring about full and equal participation of people with disabilities
in all aspects of life." MOD is the Commonwealth's ADA Coordinating
Agency.
-- a site dedicated to insuring that disabled persons have the same
access to computer-based or Web-based information as do the able-bodied.
Contains much information on how to make the Web and its technology
disability-friendly.
--Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS administers
a free library program of braille and audio materials circulated to
eligible borrowers in the United States by postage-free mail.
--This 15-page illustrated guide presents an overview of some basic
ADA requirements for small businesses that provide goods and services
to the public. It provides guidance on how to make their services
accessible and how tax credits and deductions may be used to offset
specific costs.
