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Volume 27, Issue 2
1 February 1997
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VINE
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Review Article| February 01 1997

Public library access for the blind and visually impaired

Cathy Anne Murtha
Web Designer and Access Specialist for Magical Mist Creations
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1474-1032
Print ISSN: 0305-5728
© MCB UP Limited
1997
VINE (1997) 27 (2): 38–41.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb040632

This brief article outlines the various services that public libraries can offer to open up access to the blind and visually impaired, including providing email support, Internet access to library catalogues and archives, and in‐house workstations.

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