Understanding the searching process for visually impaired users of the Web

Craven, Jenny (2001) Understanding the searching process for visually impaired users of the Web. Ariadne (26). ISSN 1361-3200

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Abstract

It is recognised that in order to participate fully in today's society it is vital that citizens are not excluded for any reason, whether by virtue of birth, belief, aptitude or circumstance. Exclusion takes many forms and must be countered in many different ways. Funded by Resource and undertaken by the Centre for Research in Library and Information Management (CERLIM) at Manchester Metropolitan University, the NoVA project is concerned with countering the exclusion from access to information which can all too easily occur when individuals do not have so-called 'normal' vision. Our domain in this project is digital library services, and our concern is that all such services should, in their entirety, be as accessible to blind and visually impaired people as to anyone else.