Role of Libraries in Facilitating Reading Habits: Use of All Inclusive Assistive Technologies
Published: 2014
Author(s) Name: Rupak Chakravarty, Preeti Mahajan |
Author(s) Affiliation: Department of Library & Information Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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Abstract
A habit is not only a settled or regular tendency or practice but is characterized by the fact that it is hard to give up. If libraries are well aware and equipped with technologies which encourages reading habits of ours in the electronic environment but also assist differently abled to gain knowledge, we can really think of an all inclusive knowledge society. These innovative technologies provide an
opportunity to libraries as well as individuals to make their reading habit more enriching and
comfortable. The present paper is an attempt to study such evaluated and free web-based solutions.
Keywords: Reading Habit, Screen Readers, Reading Online, Web 2.0 Reading Tools, Assitive Technologies, Adaptive Technologies
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