Interestng article on "Improved Mouse control for users with disabilities

I had read an article by Mark Gibbs in the magazine " Network World" about Improved Mouse control for users with disabilities. AIM Research Group at the University of Washington came up with the free release of two different control systems for the disabled for Windows. Thought it was an interesting idea that some of our disabled patrons might be interested in using on their computers at home if they have a hard time with fine motor skills.

http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/free-software-makes-computer-mouse-easier-for-people-with-disabilities

9/11 Encyclopedia

As 9/11 approaches it gives us cause for remembrance. This is a feature of the New York Guides magazine. It is an interesting site to click through.
http://nymag.com/news/articles/wtc/

Do you use it?

Do you use it?

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parsed resume?

I learned about a new feature on job application websites while working with a patron recently. There is an option called "parsed resume" on some websites. If the applicant chooses this option, the software will break their resume into different fields such as job history, references, etc. It is recommended that the user check to make sure the software worked as desired.
This worked well for the patron I was assisting and we were both interested to learn about this!

Why do some pages print blank even when content shows up on the screen?

So often, patrons approach us and tell us that the attachment they opened and printed resulted in printing a blank page or a grey block covering the white page.
This may result out of the patron opening the attachment in "view" mode.
This happens with Word attachments as well as Picture attachments.

If the patron has clicked on "view", button, the document comes up on the screen for the patron to view it as a regular word document or a regular picture
But, when the patron goes to print it, the print preview might show a blank document
Closing the current document/view on the screen and reopening the attachment via the "download", option will then open the attachment in a manner in which print option can be selected.

iLibrarian Blog

I want to share this blog with all of you. There are many useful (and fun) technology talk links. I found some very useful add-ons that may make work easier and time saving. Look at the left of the page under "Most Popular." You will find some good stuff.

Enjoy!

http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2007/40-useful-firefox-add-ons-for-librarians-%E2%80%93-part-one/

New Sony E-Reader Wi-Fi

Sony unveiled its latest ereader device today, Reader Wi-Fi, which will be the first dedicated ereader—though not the first device—to offer wireless borrowing of OverDrive library ebook titles. The Reader Wi-Fi, which the company calls "the lightest touch screen 6" eReader device ever" in the announcement, will be available for purchase in October.

For more details, please click on the following link:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/239221/hands_on_with_sonys_lightweight_lowcost_reader_wifi_prst1.html