I would like to know if there are any Museum Professionals out there working for libraries which own art and artifact collections.  Thanks, Liz Holland

Sandy Saluke wrote:

> You can find the Access Board's guidelines at www.access-board.gov.  I
> imagine the guidelines for ATMs are probably the most similar to the
> computer interfaces in museums and would be quite helpful.
>
> Also, for people with limited mobility, be sure that the touch areas on the
> computer screen are large so that people have no difficulty selecting them.
>
> The recent exhibition on the Disability Rights Movement at the Smithsonian's
> Museum of American History has a touchscreen kiosk.  I was in on some of the
> early planning stages for this kiosk, and the designers put a lot of thought
> into how to make it accessible to people with various disabilities.  You may
> find it helpful to speak with Katherine Ott, a curator who worked on the
> exhibition.  I can send you her contact information off-list if you'd like.
>
> Sandra Saluke
> Education Projects Assistant
> Association of Science-Technology Centers, Inc.
> 1025 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 500
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Walter Reinhardt
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 9:22 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: computer in exhibit- ADA compliant?
>
> Simply, you need to position the screen (if you go with touch access) so
> that seated and standing visitors can easily see and touch the screen. This
> is not a hard as it seems. You need to research comfortable viewing angles
> and easy reach data and find the common ground. It can be done.
>
> I would note that a more subtle issue maybe the interface design. The access
> board has recently issued some guidelines for computer interfaces vis-a-vis
> ADA compliance. I believe that they are in the comment phase. These
> guidelines would represent the "best practice" standard at this time and
> anyone bringing suit against you would be looking to these as the standard
> that they expect you to meet. These guidelines also cover web site design.
>
> Walter Reinhardt
>
> Date:    Tue, 20 Mar 2001 19:23:40 -0700
> From:    Cheryl Maslin <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: computer in exhibit- ADA compliant?
>
> what have other museums done for those folks who have limited physical
> mobility in cases such as this?
>
> -Cheryl Maslin
>
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