Electronic Library Collections and Users with Visual Impairments: Challenges, Developments, and the State of Collections Policies in Academic and Public Libraries

Academic and public library collections are developed based on the needs of the communities that surround them. Technology has increased the way users access information, and the way libraries offer information to their users. However, the accessibility of electronic resources for users with print disabilities remains an issue that has yet to have an equitable remedy. This paper identifies the challenges of visually impaired users, the developments in law, the current state of accessibility in academic and public library collections policies, and the current formats and products that are leading the way

Effects of immobilization on articular cartilage: Autohistoradiographic findings with S35

The effect of immobilization on the articular cartilage of rabbits was studied by light microscope. The knee joint of each rabbit was immobilized in a plaster in a position midway between flexion and extension for a 10 to 120 days period. Degenerative changes in the articular cartilage of increasing severity were observed. The fixation of the labeled SO4 by cartilage cells was decreased in advanced immobilization

High temperature, short term tensile strength of C6000/PMR-15 composites

Tensile tests were conducted on 0 unidirectionally reinforced Celion 6000 graphite fibers in PMR-15 polyimide matrix. Tensile strengths for coupons subjected to short and long term uniform temperatures were obtained. Thick coupons, heated on one side to produce significant transient through thickness temperature gradients, were tested and compared to the strength of specimens with uniform temperature distributions. All coupons were radiantly heated and reached maximum test temperatures within 15 sec. Tensile loads were applied to the coupons after 15 sec of elevated temperature exposure. Loading rates were selected so that specimen failures occurred within a maximum of 45 sec after reaching the test temperature. Results indicate that significant tensile strength remains beyond the material post cure temperature

Biscoe Family Papers

Nancy Caroline Nannie Gresham Biscoe moved with her five children from Forest, MIssissippi, to Arkadelphia in the 1880s following the death of her husband. Soon after Ouachita Baptist College opened in 1886 Nannie began teaching in the Preperatory Department, continuing there for over a decade until she joined the faculty of Arkadelphia High School. Her teaching career spanned some fifty years. She also served as the first president of the Arkadelphia Woman\u27s LIbrary Association. Nannie and her family (children Don, Mattie, Hamilton Hamp and Gibbs, and an adopted nephew, Pat) lived less than two blocks from the campus of Ouachita Baptist College after Nannie purchased property at 227 Cherry Street in 1901. All five of the children graduated from Ouachita: Pat, Hamp, and Gibbs became physicians. Nannie\u27s house has remained in the family for well over a century, having passed from mother to daughter through four generations of teachers. The home was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Today it is owned by Dr. Caroline Woodell Cagle Luck, Nannie\u27s great-granddaughter, who also served on Ouachita\u27s faculty. This collection contains materials belonging to the Biscoe family including photographs, Ouachita Baptist College memorabilia, and other miscellaneous items

Workshop: Training on Unionization and Collective Bargaining for Administrators

Negotiating a First Collective Bargaining Agreement I. Importance of the Initial Collective Bargaining Agreement II. Establishing Institutional Goals and Principles III. First Considerations at the Table: Ground rules IV. Key Contract Building Blocks for the Administration V. Other Clauses of Particular Value to the Union VII. Miscellaneous Concern

Workshop Training: Collective Bargaining and Contract Implementation for Administrators

Negotiating a First Collective Bargaining Agreemen

Workshop: Training on Unionization and Collective Bargaining for Administrators

Negotiating a First Collective Bargaining Agreement I. Importance of the Initial Collective Bargaining Agreement II. Establishing Institutional Goals and Principles III. First Considerations at the Table: Ground rules IV. Key Contract Building Blocks for the Administration V. Other Clauses of Particular Value to the Union VII. Miscellaneous Concern

Workshop Training: Collective Bargaining and Contract Implementation for Administrators

This Much I Know Is True: Five Intangible Influences on Collective Bargainin