The central library building on the Guelph campus, the McLaughlin Library, which opened in 1968, now houses 1 .5 million volumes in 270,000 square feet. One of the design criteria for the building was automated circulation ...

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how a radically different approach to the storage and retrieval of information can result in: (1) a reduction in the need for user sophistication in the use of information systems, ...

The design of computer terminals which communicate with naive users in a humane yet effective manner involves problems that are common to many applications. Interactive computers are being used as everyday tools in ...

In this paper, each of the three areas of handicap visual, physical and cognitive will be explored, along with the different approaches which have been used to provide access to textual information. Some of the approaches ...