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Reveal: uncovering
collections for the visually
impaired community
Ann Chapman
UKOLN
University of Bath
Bath, BA2 7AY
UKOLN is supported by:
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Email
[email protected]
URL
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/
VIPs and VI community
• Anywhere, any age, any ability
• Purpose – leisure, work, study
• Tactile, audio, large print and electronic
• Production and loans
– commercial, voluntary, education
• Operate at distance
• No national structure
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Re-use or design new?
• Existing options
• RSLP MS-Access database
• Cornucopia – museums database
• New database
• Accessibility
• Additional fields
• Partner editing
• SQL database
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Requirements
•Use existing standard – RSLP schema
•Distributed data entry - authentication
•Web resource accessible by VIPs
•Keystroke functionality
•Avoid lengthy linear presentations
•Host housekeeping data
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RSLP Schema
• Review of RSLP elements
• A few elements added
• Partner details
• Reveal housekeeping
• Unfriendly labels changed
• Accrual status, Access control
Physical characteristics
• Retain all existing elements for future use
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Collection data
• Title, description, stock levels
• Language, audience, available media
• User charges and eligibility criteria
• Subject
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Relationships data
• Sub and super collections
• RNIB
– Braille, Talking Books, Cassette
• NLB
– Braille, Moon, music scores, large
print, Unseen History
• Catalogue details, links to OPACs
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Administrative data
• Collection owner details
• Customer service details
• Reveal information
• Partner number - authentication
• Adds records to union database
• Notifies Intention to Transcribe (NIT)
• Permission to transcribe process
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Accessibility
• User configuration using browser
• Default settings – background and font
• Keystroke operation as well as mouse
• Alt text for buttons
• Field label rollover text accessible
• Linear display
- drop down boxes in data entry
- number of hits, display in sets of 10
- help pages, contents at top, links back
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Demonstration
• Reveal Collections Register
• Database complete
• Data entry
- first entry for NLB
- awaiting data from other organisations
• Launch planned for June 2002
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