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“We Want To Join In”
David OwenExecutive DirectorShare The Vision
Collection Description FocusWorkshop 5
Cambridge University30th January 2003
Who Are We?
STV
Calibre
NLB
RNIB
TNAUK
British Library
CILIP
LISC: Northern Ireland
LISC: Wales
SCL
SCONUL
SLIC
Aim:To enhance access to library and information services for visually impaired people.
Who Are We Talking About?
People whose sight impairments require special consideration of their needs
Registrations:
• Blind [visual acuity – 6-60]
• Partially sighted [visual acuity – 6-18]
Entitled to a range of benefits
But many people do not register
RNIB estimates only 1/3rd register
RNIB estimates that there are 1.7 million VIP’s in the UK
UK population 58 million
Therefore 2.93% of UK population
Who Are They?
• People who are born blind
• People who go blind in early life
• People whose sight deteriorates with age
Registrable VIP’s In 2001 By Age
0-14 15-64 65-74 75+ All Ages
Number in 1000’s
22.5 156 123 801 1103
% of UK
Population
0.2 0.4 2.5 18 2
NB. 1,100,000 registrable compared with 1,700,000 with severe sight problems
The major factor is visual deterioration because of ageing
Projections:
Year 65-74 75+
2001 123,000 801,000
2011 137,000 855,000
2021 165,000 1,008,000
2031 196,000 1,257,000
2041 189,000 1,536,000
2051 175,000 1,605,000
As our economies grow and medical sciences improve we can expect there to be more older people with visual impairments
How Do They Read?
Visually impaired people read in different ways depending on their personal circumstances and choice
Alternative Formats:
Braille
Only 11% of registered blind people in the UK can read Braille
People who are born blind or go blind early in life
Part of their education
Audio
83% of respondents to LISU Survey [2001] use audio
51% preferred single track cassettes
Large Print
8% of respondents to LISU survey prefer L.P. for fiction and 10% for non-fiction
2% preferred standard print
some people who are registered blind can read standard print, with or without a magnifying glass
Computers
RNIB survey of 1,000 VIP’s [fieldwork 1998-2000] published September 2001
11% use computers
LISU survey of 582 VIP’s [fieldwork 2001] published November 2001
23% use computers
Both agree, 90% of users are young people
Blind computer users are highly competent according to LISU:
• 94% used word processing
• 76% used the internet
• 64% used spreadsheets
• 62% used CD-ROMs
It is clear that use of IT by visually impaired people will grow significantly with generational change
This is a major consideration for library managers
What Do They Want?
The same as everybody else
Not a homogeneous group
Only common factor is print disability and need for alternative formats to read
Reading for pleasure
Reading for education/lifelong learning
Reading for work reasons
Reading to live [benefits; how to use the microwave; how much medicine to take; to cast a vote; the bus number etc…]
Key Factors
VIP’s need information in a range of formats which allow them to choose the most appropriate for their needs and circumstances
VIP’s will use a mix of formats for different purposes at different times e.g. Braille for study; audio for leisure; computers for fact finding; friend for valentine card]
Accessibility and choice are their main requirements to lead normal lives
The Problems
1998 Analysis for Library and Information Commission
10 major points including:
• Mixed library economy with no co-ordination
• Lack of content in alternative formats
• Copyright delays
• Lack of comprehensive and effective national database
• No national infrastructure
Number One Priority
• Create a complete and comprehensive, state of the art national database
• National Union Catalogue of Alternative Formats to be enhanced to become REVEAL: the National Database of Resources in Accessible Formats
• Enhancement from 80,000 limited entries to minimum of 156,000 data rich, fit for purpose entries
• Get the best people to do it
• “Full Disclosure” for VIP’s = UKOLN
Fit For Whose/Which Purpose?
The reader = different formats/different providers
The producer = voluntary sector > different formats commercial sector > produced or planned?
The intermediaries = voluntary sector libraries > different public sector libraries > holdings
Union Catalogue for I.L.L.Copyright Register
The Reader’s Requirements
The usual data entry fields:
• Author(s)
• Title
• Publisher
• Date of publication
• Edition
• Series
• Serial frequency
• Fiction/non-fiction
Additional Data Entry Fields:
• Format [Braille, Moon, large print, audio, electronic]
• Contracted/non-contracted Braille?
• Abridged/non-abridged audio?
• Narrator/cast
• Number of volumes [Braille/Moon] or tapes
• Genre
• Annotation/content summary
• Target audience
• Content warning notes?
REVEAL Collections Register
Quickly apparent that:
• the range of producers
• the number of producers
• the range of holders
• the number of holders
of alternative format materials necessitated the creation of a Collections Register as part of the overall REVEAL project
What Is REVEAL?
When completed REVEAL will be a hybrid database which will perform the following functions:
• national bibliography
• union catalogue
• in production record
• copyright register
• collections register
of accessible formats
To use old library jargon:
REVEAL is a library and information plan
Not:
• a geographic plan
• a subject plan
• a sector plan
But uniquely:
• a user focused LIP
• a LIP for VIP’s
• the fundamental cornerstone of a national infrastructure for library and information services for visually impaired people
• REVEAL will let visually impaired people join in
References
Chapman, A. REVEAL: The National Database of Resources in Accessible Formats. UKOLN, March 2000.www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/lic/sharethevision/
Davies, J.E. et al. Out of sight but not out of mind: visually impaired people’s perspectives of library and information services. LISU Occasional Paper No. 29, November 2001. www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/dils/lisu/public.html/stv2
Hopkins, L. (ed). Library services for visually impaired people: a manual of best practice. Resource, 2000.[updated June 2002 at www.nlbuk.org/bpm]
Owen, D. Print: not the only format. Library Association Record, August 2001, Vol. 103 (8)
Owen, D. Share Our Vision. Library Management [to be published early 2003]